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Artist: GEORGES DE FEURE (1868-1943) Size: 17 7/8 x 24 1/4 in./45.5 x 61.6 cm Condition: A-/ Slight tears and stains at edges. Printer: Imp. Lemercier, Paris Reference: Ref: Iskin, p. 100; DFP-II, 355 (var); Schindler, 42 (var); Wine Spectator, 88; De Feure, p. 75; PAI-LXXIV, 297 Key Words: Art Nouveau; Literary; Artist: De Feure Lithographies Originales. 1896. This lithograph, a "close-up of a highly fashionable woman closely inspecting a print... was not a poster, but was designed as the cover for two albums of original prints published by E. Duchatell..." (Iskin, p. 100). Iskin notes the ambiguity of this figure, part of the iconography of the female connoisseur of poster art at the salon or on the street: "[De Feure] presents the female print collector as a woman of exquisite taste, herself a decorative creation, yet also associated with artistic creation." Note the lithographic stone bearing the artist's signature at lower right. Alain Weill calls this "the most elegant and intimate of all De Feure's posters" (Weill/Art Nouveau, p. 119). This version promotes Album No. 1 in this series, which includes works of De Feure, Orazi, Léandre, and Boutet.