Fernand Piet, A Market in Zeeland, 1898, Original Lithograph

Description

Fernand Piet (1869 - 1942)

Un Marché en Zélande (A Market in Zeeland)

Original Lithograph from the glorious portfolio "L'Estampe … more Fernand Piet (1869 - 1942)

Un Marché en Zélande (A Market in Zeeland)

Original Lithograph from the glorious portfolio "L'Estampe Moderne", issue #15 (July 1898)

On wove paper

Year: 1898

Size (sheet): 405 x 305 mm
Size (image): 331 x 252 mm

Signed "Fernand Piet" and dated "98" on the plate, bottom right

Blind stamp of the publisher, bottom right, out of the image

Great condition: minor signs of age and handling
Great colours
Full margins (not cropped, not trimmed)

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About the Collection (L'Estampe Moderne)

L'Estampe Moderne appeared in 1897-1899 as a series of 24 monthly fascicles, each containing 4 original lithographs, printed by Parisian Imprimerie Champenois. Many accomplished European Art Nouveau painters contributed works to this publication, which contained only Original prints invented and produced especially for this collection. The publication was edited by Charles Masson and H. Piazza. Each issue came in a paper cover bearing an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha.
Each lithograph was accompanied by a tissue containing the details (title of the artwork, name of the artist, etc.) and a short text by a well-known author who inspired the artist (this one being by Dutch philologist, historian, librarian, lawyer and political scientist Pieter Burman the Elder / French: Pierre Burman).
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About the artist

Fernand Piet (1869 - 1942, Paris) was a French painter, a student of Eugène Carrière, Fernand Cormon and Alfred Roll.

At the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon des artistes français he exhibited his canvases and engravings of landscapes of Brittany. Holland and the South, and representations of common scenes: parks, children, markets. Piet is also the author of numerous female nudes and rare seascapes.

The economic wealth that his family provides him and the fortunate financial speculations on the Stock Exchange, allow him to lead a comfortable social life with his friends Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola, Edmond Lempereur and Jean-Louis Forain.

In 1905 he became with Paul Signac deputy director of the Salon des Indépendants, and in 1910 he received the honor of the Order of Academic Palms.

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from the text on the tissue paper, by Pieter Burman the Elder:

Le soleil a chassé les brumes qui montent du grand canal et déjà la façade du vieux château de Jacqueline, comtesse de Hollande, se teinte gaiement de rose sous la lumière crue du matin.
Sur les ponts tournants, des femmes passent; elles portent, appuyés sur l'épaule, de longs paniers d'osier qui laissent voir à travers leurs claies des pommes d'un rouge vif. Des chiens efflanqués, à l'œil triste, sont attelés à des voitures et transportent des charges qui ne sont pas proportionnées à leur force; les bonnes fourbissent les cuivres, polissent les miroirs accrochés sur la rue, tandis qu'au milieu de la place du marché des groupes de femmes s'animent autour des marchandises variées étalées sur le sol.

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Important:

. The listing is for the original print, in the above mentioned very good / excellent condition.
. The original tissue paper introduction has some folds and tears, especially along the margins, and it will be given as is to the buyer as a gift for confirming the authenticity.
. The cover by Mucha is shown as a reference: a high quality picture will be given on request and, eventually, it is possible to purchase the cover on another listing (same to the other three plates of the issue) This piece has an attribution mark,
I am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
issues arising from misattribution less