1949 French Book Illustration, Histoires Naturelles, Le Paon - Toulouse-Lautrec & Jules Renard

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1949 French Book Illustration, Histoires Naturelles, Le Paon - Toulouse-Lautrec & Jules RenardDate: 1949 Size: 8. 5 x 12 inches (3 pages) Artist: Toulouse Lautrec & Jules Renard About the book: One of the most celebrated and sought after of all livres dartiste, Histoire Naturelles is regarded as a prototype of nearly all modern bestiaries (Garvey). Lautrecs illustrations rank among his finest, demonstrating an exquisite refinement of line and wit. (www. peterharrington. co. uk) The collaboration between Lautrec and Renard began in 1894, when

or artificial rock

to portray the fragility of life in a complex

coaxing people to buy fresh produce by enticing their eyes with brilliant designs

About the Poster: The Department of Public Information (DPI) was established in 1946

About The Poster: This colourful poster was created to announce that CDs ('disques' in French) from the Belgian Jazz Association Les Lundis d'Hortense were available for sale at the Médiathèque Québécoise

Casablanca's "handsome Moorish buildings

Artist: Ben Shahn

or a souvenir of Pompei put out by the Hotel Suisse (noted on the bottom right of this piece) around 1900

including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

with obvious folds

we love the density of colour and the charm of the illustration

as the bottom part is cut diagonally as a reference to the angled blades of the guillotines of the French Revolution

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