Lot 190
after Adolphe Léon Willette (1857-1926)
Lot 190 Details
after Adolphe Léon Willette (1857-1926), French
THE PIOUS ERROR (THE PIOUS MISTAKE) (SPECIAL PLATE 11 FROM LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE), 1899
Lithograph; signed in the plate lower left, titled “The Pious Mistake” to the Merrill Chase Gallery Certificate of Authenticity; label verso
Sheet sight 13.25" x 9.75" — 33.7 x 24.8 cm.
Estimate $100-$200
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Provenance:
Merrill Chase Galleries, Ltd., Chicago, IL, with Certificate of Authenticity;
Private Collection, Canada
Literature:
Stanley Appelbaum, ed., The Complete “Masters of the poster”: all 256 color plates from ‘les Maitres de l’affiche’, Dover Publications, 1990, “Bonus Plates”, K, unpaginated