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Lot 457:
Description
Keywords: Art Nouveau, Belle Epoque, Symbolism Movement, Jugendstil, Fin de Siecle Design, Early 20th Century Decorative Arts, Alphonse Mucha style, Eugene Grasset style, Hector Guimard style, paper, printed lithograph, early 20th century, chromolithographic printing, ornamental typography, floral motif
Album des Celebrites Contemporaines, an Art Nouveau advertising album issued by the biscuit maker Lefevre-Utile (LU), Nantes, circa 1900. Contains 48 chromolithographed trade cards of notable contemporaries, each within elaborate Art Nouveau page layouts with printed (facsimile) autographs and captions. Includes LUs Exposition Universelle Paris 1900 grand-prize page.
Measurements: Album: x 14 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (1.9 x 36.8 x 27.3 cm.) approx
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