Exposition...E. Grasset. Salon des Cent. Paris – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Exposition...E. Grasset. Salon des Cent. Paris, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Exposition...E. Grasset. Salon des Cent. Paris
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Grasset's color poster advertises the Salon des Cent, an exhibition held in Paris in the mid-1890s, when lithographed posters were becoming a serious art form in the city. The record dates it to 1894 or 1895, though it notes that these dates come from an old caption card and have not been verified. Grasset, a Swiss-born designer who settled in France, was a leading figure in the decorative style of the period, and this piece shows his fondness for flat areas of color, stylized figures, and lettering worked into the composition. Posters like this one helped make the streets of Paris a showcase for graphic design.
| Created / published | [1894/5] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 60 x 41 cm. |
| Notes | Color poster by Eugène Samuel Grasset, 1850-1917. Promotional goal: Fr. K6.K92. 1895. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Salon des Cent, Paris. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,050 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172706 |
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