Louis Auguste GIRARDOT

Rare original color lithograph executed by Louis-Auguste Girardot for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 1 published in May 1897.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with full margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe issue on verso; print preceded by tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards, were created specifi

Rare original lithograph executed by Louis-Auguste Girardot for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 1 published in May 1897.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with on the verso, the numbered stamp of the deluxe issue, occasional marginal foxing.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guar