ARMAND RASSENFOSSE (1862-1934) - Lot 85

ARMAND RASSENFOSSE (1862-1934) Salon des Cent, exhibition of original drawings and prints, November-December 1896. Before the letter. Chromolithograph. Monogrammed lower left (Very good condition. Framed). 55x77cm Bibliography: - Jocelyne Van Deputte - Le Salon des Cent: 1894-1900. Affiches d'artistes - Éditions Paris-Musée, 1994, p.58. - Yolande Oostens-Wittamer - L'Affiche belge 1900 - Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Bruxelles, 1975, n°127, page 88. Our poster reproduced on page 226. In 1895, Rassenfosse created a drawing for his master and friend Félicien Rops, to be used as a poster for the exhibition to be held at the Salon des Cent in Paris: a character by Rassenfosse looks through a magnifying glass at a cocotte, as Rops liked to represent them - with humor and complicity. Unfortunately, the exhibition was cancelled, but the visual was printed delicately in two colors on orange paper - this is our very rare copy. In 1896, La Plume used the same drawing for a general exhibition - the honor was safe, but the print was of lesser quality! This lot was described by expert Alain Weill.