Antique Print-FLOWER DESIGN-ART NOUVEAU-ARROWHEAD-Grasset-Martin-1896

‘Arrow-head, Sagittaire, das Pfeilkraut.’

Lithography with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 33 x 46 cm. (13 x 18,1 inch). Image size: 23,5 x 35,5 cm. (9,3 x 14 inch).

Eugene Grasset’s Plants and their Application to Ornament, Paris, 1897 and M.P. Verneuil e.o.: Art nouveau floral ornament in color, 1976, p. 1.

Made by ‘Anna Martin’ after ‘ Eugene Grasset’. Anna Martin was a french lithographer and pupil of Eugene Grasset (1841-1917). Grasset was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the art nouveau movement at the end of the 19th century. The art nouveau patterns where design suggestions for wallpaper, stained glass, lamps, vases, mirrors, furniture, bookcovers etc.

Condition: Very good, given age. Two faint stains in the right margin, image not affected. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: FLOWER DESIGN-ART NOUVEAU-ARROWHEAD

CONS-B1-30