Eugène-Samuel GRASSET

Autograph signed postcard from Eugène Grasset addressed to the painter Henri Jules Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines, 18 lines written in black ink from his Parisian home on boulevard Arago.
Fine copy.
Eugène Grasset regrets having missed his fellow painter: "J'ai beaucoup regretté m'être trouvé absent lors de votre visite..." (I much regretted being absent during your visit...) and compliments his friend on one of his latest productions: "...du lustre que vous avez composé et dont je vous fais mon compliment sincère. Cette reproduction enrichira mon prochain article d'un élément intéressant et qui y manquait...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Eugène Grasset addressed to an unknown recipient, 15 lines written in black ink, monogram and address of the painter at the head.
Fold mark inherent to postal handling.
As a jury member Eugène Grasset will support the work of painter Henri Jules Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines in a competition in which he is participating: "Croyez que mon concours est tout acquis au travail de M. Bellery Desfontaines dont le talent m'est connu de longue date, et que je ferai tous mes efforts pour le faire placer au rang qu'il mérite..." ("Believe that my support is entirely committed to the work of M. Bellery Desfontaines whose...

First edition, one of the copies on Japon.
Texts by Jules Renard, Anatole France, Sully-Prudhomme, Gustave Geffroy, Louis Tynaire, Gabriel Séailles, René Binet, Georges Renard...
Lithographed or wood-engraved illustrations in red and black by Eugène Carrière, Félix Régamey, Carlos Schwabe, Georges Rochegrosse, Alfred Lenoir, Auguste and Georges Leroux, Daniel Vierge, Charles Fouqueray, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Lucien Vogel, Charles Léandre, Henri Fantin-Latour, Eugène Grasset, Alexandre Lunois, Georges Scott...
Bradel binding in full paper, palladium title on smooth spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge palladium.
Handsome copy...

Rare original color lithograph, executed by Eugène Grasset for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 23 published in March 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on the verso, small tears at head, fold marks at lower corners; print preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, the title, and a poem.
Lithograph inspired by a poem Les tendresses by Armand Sylvestre, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and...

Rare original lithograph, executed by Eugène Grasset for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 23 published in March 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, printed in blue ink, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on the verso, some foxing.
Lithograph inspired by a poem, Les tendresses, by Armand Sylvestre.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe Moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as...

Original color lithograph printed on fine laid paper. Printer's embossed stamp at bottom right of the plate. The poster depicts a pierrot from behind, reading in front of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Superb French monthly publication, Maîtres de l'Affiche, published between 1895 and 1900 at the initiative of Jules Chéret.
Each issue of the magazine includes four posters reproduced in bell format and chromolithography, each bearing an embossed authentication stamp.
Very handsome copy.
NB: The poster is presented framed; for any shipment it will need to be sent without the frame.

Original color lithograph printed on fine laid paper. Dry stamp of the printer at lower right of the plate.
Superb French monthly publication, Maîtres de l'Affiche, appeared between 1895 and 1900 at the initiative of Jules Chéret.
Each issue of the magazine comprises four posters reproduced in cloche format and in chromolithography, each presenting an authentication dry stamp.
Very fine Art Nouveau poster for this Parisian establishment specialized in importing oriental products.

Original color lithograph executed specially by the artist for l'Estampe Moderne. Proof printed on heavy laid paper protected by a printed tissue guard, publisher's dry stamp in lower margin. Artist's signature in the plate. Handsome copy.
Lithograph inspired by the poem "Les Tendresses" by Armand Sylvestre, an extract of which is reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Published by Ch. Masson and H. Piazza, the two years of l'Estampe Moderne constitute one of the finest lithographic achievements of the period. Each print is an original work created specially for the magazine by the greatest French and foreign artists representing Symbolist, Art Nouveau, Orientalist and "Belle...

Edition illustrated with 13 original compositions by Eugène Grasset.
Signed autograph inscription by Henry Bérenger.
A lack at the foot of the spine, endpapers very lightly shaded without gravity, otherwise handsome copy.

(COLLECTIVE)
Stéphane MALLARMé
Prince PONIATOWSKI
Léon TOLSTOI
Alphonse DAUDET
Marcel SCHWOB
Jules RENARD
R. de MONTESQUIOU
Camille MAUCLAIR Tristan BERNARD
Maurice LEBLANC
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Paul-César HELLEU
CARAN D'ACHE
Félix VALLOTTON
Jean-Louis FORAIN
Eugène GRASSET
Revue Franco-Américaine n° 1
Revue Franco-Américaine| Paris & New York June 1895| 19.5 x 28.5 cm| original wrappers
First edition of the first issue of this ephemeral magazine that ended at issue 3, two months later, and was taken over by La Revue Blanche, one of 50 copies on Japan paper the tirage de tête.