Lucien Lefèvre, Absinthe Mugnier, 1898, Lithograph

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Lucien Lefèvre (1862 - 1895)

Absinthe Mugnier

Year of ideation: 1895
Year of printing: 1898
Lithograph on wove paper
Publisher: … Read more Lucien Lefèvre (1862 - 1895)

Absinthe Mugnier

Year of ideation: 1895
Year of printing: 1898
Lithograph on wove paper
Publisher: Chaix

Size: 40 x 29 cm
Signed in the plate, lower right

from the famous collection "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche"
Issue # 34, Plate # 135, September 1898

Bottom left:
Les Maîtres de l'Affiche PL. 135
Imprimerie Chaix
(Encres Lorilleux & Cie.)

Bottom right, blind stamp of publisher / edition

Excellent Condition

Literature:
"The Complete Masters of the Poster", edited by Stanley Appelbaum, Dover, New York, 1990, p. 135

About Artist
Lucien Lefèvre (1862 - 1895) was a French poster artist and cartoonist.
To this day, little is known about his life. He first studied industrial design and, perhaps, portraiture, before exhibiting at the Salon des Indépendants.
Becoming a student of Jules Chéret, and initially influenced by him, he began practicing lithography at Chaix, then acquired a reputation as a poster artist from 1890 onwards.
He died prematurely on April 25, 1895, at his Parisian home at 8 rue Tardieu in the 9th arrondissement. He was buried two days later in the Parisian cemetery of Saint-Ouen. His death was not announced in the press, but at the beginning of 1896, some newspapers mentioned the "late designer" on the occasion of the announcement of the release of the 3rd volume of Masters of the Poster.

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Original lithograph.
The cover of the issue by Jules Chéret is shown for reference.
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