Description: "EVE" - a naked female figure seen from behind, after the statue by AUGUSTE RODIN. Original woodcut in two blocks by LOUIS AUGUSTE LEPERE (1849-1918). Printed in black and olive green with white heightening. On cream wove art paper, blank to reverse. Signed by Lepere in the block bottom right corner and published as a Special Supplement in the showcase magazine "The Studio" in London in 1898, with the publication's blindstamp in red below the image. I include the original inscribed tissue-guard as part of the sale to further verify the item. Size of the main image is 18 x 9.2 centimetres, and the total sheet measures 28 x 20 cms, so good wide margins should you choose to matt and frame it. Condition is excellent, no issues at all. Reference:Metropolitan Museum of Art, 59.580.3 University of Michigan Museum 2005.1.430. "The Studio" magazine was a lavishly produced and prestigious showcase for artists in the 1890's to promote their graphic work, they would submit their drawings etc. to be published in the ground-breaking style of "The Studio"s accomplished lithographers such as Thomas Robert Way and William Griggs. The magazine also commissioned original works specially for publication. Artists of the calibre of Beardsley, Whistler, Waterhouse, Pennell, Vallotton, Knopff etc. etc. used it as a medium for bringing their work to a wider audience and an informed readership. The editors would also commission works from artists,giving them an exclusivity that they would not be published anywhere else. The print run of the magazine was about 3,000, and subscribers included many institutions and galleries both in the UK and further afield. Under the editorship of Charles Holme, it always tried to keep a balance between the work of established artists and new emerging talent, and to promote the "avant-garde" .
Price: 39.99 GBP
Location: Wadhurst
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Shipping Cost: 16.09 GBP
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Artist: Rodin/Lepere
Originality: Original
Signed By: Auguste Lepere
Image Orientation: Portrait
Size: Small
Signed: Yes
Date of Creation: Antique (Pre-1900)
Title: "Eve", after Rodin
Material: Paper
Framing: Unframed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Fantasy, Nudes
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1898
Style: Art Nouveau, Post-Impressionist
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Production Technique: Woodcut Printing
