SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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GREVEDON, Pierre-Louis Henry.
Fantaisies.

A book that highlights the visual culture of fashion in the early nineteenth century, realized around 1830 in the form of large lithographic fantasy “portraits” of stylishly dressed women. These lavish prints belonged to a new zone of cultural experience that blurred boundaries between fine art and commercial art in an age of commercial expansion and capitalist image production. They were designed by artists such as Henri Grévedon and Achille Devéria, and commissioning editors of the art publishing houses that sold them played an integral role in their conception and marketing.

Published
Paris: Rittner et Goupil, [ca. 1830]
References
Not in Colas.
Plates
6
Binding/Size
L=FOLIO
Value
0-5000
Published
Paris: Rittner et Goupil, [ca. 1830]
Ref
1163

Large folio, 6 hand-coloured lithographs, loose in original wrappers, even browning, some small areas of restoration, damp-stain on front cover. [Uncommon: no copy traced at auction in the last 30 years] Cet artiste [...] a donne des portraits de femmes en buste qui, par le soin des details, sont tres interessants pour les modes et coiffures de l’epoque romantique. Coloured plates in order: 1. Modestie. 2. Inspiration. 3. Melancolie. 4. Curiosite. 5. Meditation. 6. Affabilite.