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Lot 530: French Salon des Cent Poster

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Lot 530: French Salon des Cent Poster
<b>LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926)</b> <p> <b>530. Salon des Cent.</b> 1897.
13 3/4 x 22 1/4 in./35 x 56.5 cm
Cond B+/Horizontal fold; 2” tear at right edge. Framed.
Ref (All Var): DFP-I, 468; Affichomanie, 29; Salon des Cent, p. 61; Gold, 198; PAI-XXXI, 631
This is Rhead’s announcement for his Paris exhibition which preceded Mucha’s at the famed showplace. It consisted of 60 maquettes, all of which are listed in the April 15, 1897 issue of “La Plume.” The design is one of Rhead’s best, showing the artistic muse in contemporary dress with a triumphant wreath of laurel in her hair. The handsome scheme of three colors is carried out in the daubs on her palette. A critic writing in the issue of “La Plume” a month later, had high praise for Rhead’s restrained color play: “Nothing is more powerful in achieving a variety of effect than limitation of means. See how often this economy and methodic restraint create, as a result, the development of nuances. Rhead has banished half-tones, and by juxtaposing a blue with other colors, he has created a whole chromatic range. In the panel, for example, you seem to see greens, blues and violets; you notice their freshness and . . . you’re continually astonished to discover that there is one and only one color!” (Salon des Cents, p. 61). Extremely rare proof before letters!
<b>Est: $2,000-$2,500.</b>
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