Vente de chariteacute organiseacutee au profit de lhocircpital beacuteneacutevole . . . – Vintage Wall Art
(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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The title names a charity sale held to support a volunteer hospital, and the poster is signed by Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, the Swiss-born artist best known for his Montmartre cabaret work. Printed in sepia ink in 1916, when the war in France had produced heavy casualties, it belongs to a wave of fundraising posters that drew on the artist's reputation to bring in buyers. Volunteer hospitals of this kind were run by private committees, often led by women, and they supplemented the military medical services. The sepia lithograph is worth a close look for how Steinlen balanced an appeal for money against the grim reality of wounded soldiers.
| Created / published | 1916 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph (sepia ink) ; 80 x 117 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: A charity sale organized to benefit the volunteer hospital . . . . Signed: Steinlen 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. K95.J7. 1916. Item is no. 257 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. MC · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Casualties--France. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,802 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1717_Vente_de_chariteacute_o_1916 |
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