When lithography was invented (circa 1796 by Aloys Senefelder), initial users could scarcely fathom what would come of the technique. As a matter of fact, for the first few decades of its existence only a handful of artists used it in a truly creative way. It was mostly used as a means to reproduce accurately. It took a few decades for lithographs as artistic objects to gain some recognition, and another few for color to become part of that canon. Initially used for ephemera, such as announcements, color lithography quickly became the technique of commercial poster production. Fine art color lithography took a little while longer to develop. The first artists to really use lithography in color to express themselves were Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and René Georges Hermann-Paul, circa 1890. But just a few years later, the recognition they had fought for was gained, and a plethora of artist all over the Western Hemisphere were practicing this most flexible of artistic printmaking technique. Here are some of the great examples we have found over the years.
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Les Affiches Etrangères Illustrées (original French title) Lithograph printed on japon paper.From a small deluxe edition on real japon paper, very...
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Gustave LEHEUTRE (1861-1932) Le Repos (original French title) Lithograph printed in four colors on laid japon paper, 1896.References: Delteil 134; ...
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"La Mée (Eure-sur-Loir)" Color lithograph on chine-colle, 1897.Ref: Bibliothèque Nationale - IFF 27.Total edition of 60, of which 20 with remarque....
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Nathalie Madoré (original French title) Color lithograph on smooth wove paper, on a support sheet.Reference: Crauzat 168.The unused and unfolded co...
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Lithograph printed in bistre and with the first sky variant in black, printed on chine mounted on wove paper. Plate 4 with the snake remarque (FR: ...
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Lithograph printed in bistre and a rose tint on white paper mounted on thick simili-japon paper.Plate 5, with the Wheat Heads remarque (FR: épis de...
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Color lithograph on chine-collé on thick wove paper.Ref: Bibliothèque Nationale - Inventaire du Fonds Français 30.Total edition of 60, of which 20 ...
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Avenue du Bois or Avenue Bois de Boulogne (original French titles)Lithograph on thin wove paper.References: Roger-Marx 59; Bouvet 57. Edition of 10...
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Lithograph printed in 12 colors on smooth wove paper.Reference: Field pg 77.Plate 5 from the series of 8 lithographs titled Paysages Parisiens.Prin...
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Lithograph printed in 12 colors on smooth wove paper.Reference: Fields page 77.Plate 3 from the series “Payages Parisiens”.Printed & published ...
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A Travers Champs (original French title) Color lithograph printed on China paper.From the portfolio Landscapes and Interiors - Paysages et Intérieu...
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Coin de Rue (original French title) Color lithograph printed on thin wove paper.Reference: Bouvet 60. Edition of 100. From the artist’s famous ser...
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Le Vieux Moulin à Loguivy (original French title) Lithograph printed in 12 colors on smooth wove paper.References: Fields page 79; Le Stum page 80...
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Cartes Postales Artistiques (original French title) Color lithograph, poster, printed on thin wove paper, linen-backed, 1898. Published by "Dietric...
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Color lithograph printed on thin wove paper. References: Bouvet 69, Johnson 10-11.Edition of 100.From the artist’s famous series Quelques Aspects d...
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Le Paysage Nocturne (original French title) Lithograph printed in two tones on laid Japan paper. From the series "Bruges Mystique et Sensuelle". ...
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La Promenade or Les Cypresses or Les Cyprès (original French titles) Color lithograph printed on chine collé.Reference: Una Johnson 27.As published...
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Stella Matutina (original Latin title) Lithograph printed in two tones on chine collé on wove paper.Reference: BN-IFF 2.Plate 3 for the set of 9 co...
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Lithograph printed in light gray and sepia on wove paper.Plate 5 with the "Wheat Head" remarque, from the series of 8 prints for the portfolio titl...
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Lithograph printed in four tones on thick wove paper, 1888-1902. Reference: Fields page 77-78. Plate 1 from the series titled Les Trente-Six Vues d...
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Le Pont (original French title) Color lithograph printed on thin wove paper, 1899. Reference: Bouvet 66. Edition of 100.From the artist’s famous se...
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Sur la Plage (original French title) Color lithograph on Rives wove paper. Published by "Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français", with their blind...
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Le Petit Trottin (original French title) Lithograph printed in olive-green ink, with pochoir coloring, on wove paper, 1893-1901. Reference: Deltei...
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Lithograph printed in two colors on wove paper. Artist’s proof. It seems unlikely that an edition was ever printed of this work. The artist drafted...
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