Pendant l'entracte is a beautiful and colored lithograph on paper, signed in pencil on the lower left margin by ...

Pendant l'entracte is a beautiful and colored lithograph on paper, signed in pencil on the lower left margin by Alexandre Lunois (1863 - 1916). This lithograph was printed by A. Lafontaine and Fils (Paris) (as the note reports on the lower margin at the center) and was published by the French newspaper L'Artiste n. 12 in 1894. This original print is a wonderful artist's proof of the first state on two, before letter and before the publication on the newspaper L'Artiste. In good conditions, with some visible stains on the edges and a usual yellowing of the paper sheet. A white cardboard passepartout is included: 26 x 34.7 cm. This original print, representing a couple of elegant women waiting for the beginning of the theatrical play in a marvelous gallery, was realized by a very rapid line and with vivid colors. Alexandre Lunois (Paris, 1863 - 1916) was a French watercolor painter and engraver, poster artist and illustrator, renowned for his lithographic color wash. He was a great autodidact artist, considered the re-inventor of the so-called lithotint technique.
18.5 x 28 (foglio), 26 x 34,7 (passepartout), 15 x 21.5 (image)