Antique Master Print-DAMNATION-OF-FAUST-MARGUERITE-Fantin-Latour-c.1888

Medium: Lithograph with scraping on stone; chine applique on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 25.3 x 32.3 cm (9.96 x 12.72 inch). Image size: 15.5 x 22.8 cm. (6.1 x 8.98 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FAUST, MARGUERITE, BERLIOZ, FANTIN-LATOUR, SYMBOLISM, OPERA, FRENCH LITHOGRAPH | MAP-MODERN-2

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From Fantin-Latour’s lithographic series devoted to musical apotheoses.

Reference: Delteil 89; Hediard 89.

Biography engraver: Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) was a French painter, lithographer and printmaker associated with Realism and Symbolism. He became especially renowned for his imaginative lithographs inspired by music and literature, particularly works dedicated to composers such as Berlioz, Wagner and Schumann.