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Color Lithographs - Color Lithography

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.

woman resting with hat in her lap - lithograph by Gustave Leheutre
$1,200

Resting

LEHEUTRE, Gustave

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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Alexandre Lunois - Buveuse d'Absinthe - Ansinthe Drinker - color lithograph - addiction Sold
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Absinthe Drinker

LUNOIS, Alexandre

Buveuse d’Absinthe (original French title) Color lithograph printed on white wove paper, 1894.Reference: BN-IFF 61.Edition unknown, but certainly s...

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Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen - Nathalie Madore - book cover - Abel Hermant - pensive woman sitting on a bed - detail
$650

Nathalie Madore

STEINLEN, Theophile Alexandre

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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Henri Riviere - Trente Six Vues de la Tour Eiffel - Frontispice - plate 1 Sold
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Frontispice

RIVIERE, Henri

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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Otéro Sold
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Otéro

HERMANN-PAUL, Rene G.

Color lithograph on wove paper, c. 1900. References: BN-IFF 82-2. Likely from an edition of 20 or 25 impression. Extremely scarce. This is only the...

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In the Stairwell
$1,300

In the Stairwell

HERMANN-PAUL, Rene G.

Femme Descendant un Escalier or Dans l'Escalier (original French title) Color lithograph on tan wove paper. References: BN-IFF 83-2. Likely from an...

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Maurice BRIANCHON - Sur la Plage - On the Beach - Color lithograph - 1960 - detail Sold
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On the Beach

BRIANCHON, Maurice

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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Georges de FEURE - Femme Fleur - Flower Woman - Color lithograph - 1895 - detail
$1,200

Flower Woman

DE FEURE, Georges

Femme Fleur (French title) Color lithograph on thin, smooth, tan wove paper, circa 1895.No known edition. We have yet to find another impression of...

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