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CHARLES LAPIERRE (1867-?)
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SALON DES CENT. 1895.
23
1
/
4
x15
3
/
8
inches, 59x39 cm. Charles Verneau, Paris.
Condition B+: sharp creases in image; minor tears at edges. Hand-signed and numbered 18 by the artist
in blue pencil. Paper. Matted and framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Very little is known about Lapierre, but Léon Deschamps commissioned him to design this poster in
1895. “In addition to the unlikelihood of the situation - a woman naked from the waist up leafing
through prints - one can also be astonished at the presence, on the back wall, of strange sneering demons”
(Salon des Cent p. 66). The poster also exists with the additional text announcing an exhibition entitled
Fin De Siècle
. Wember 525, Salon des Cent 31, DFP-II 492 (var).
[600/900]
EDMOND A. ROCHER (1873-?)
81
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SALON DES CENT. 1895.
23
3
/
8
x16 inches, 59
1
/
2
x40
1
/
2
cm. Bourgerie & Cie, Paris.
Condition B: restored losses and overpainting in corners and right image, along horizontal fold; repaired
tears, creases and restoration at edges and along fold; stamp in lower image.
As with Lapierre, little is known about Rocher. Yet he, too, was commissioned by Deschamps in 1895
to design a poster promoting an upcoming exhibition. The rigid design is monochromatic and
although it contains the prerequisite floral decoration, it seems more like a large illustration than a
poster. Reims 995, DFP-II 756, Salon des Cent 14 (var), Gold 194.
[500/750]
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