About the Artwork
Le Diable au XIXe. Siecle
ca. 1890
Albert Guillaume (Artist) French, 1873-1942 Imprimerie Lemercier (Printer) French
Lithograph printed in color ink
Image: 82 inches × 27 1/2 inches (208.3 × 69.9 cm) Framed: 93 inches × 38 inches × 1 5/8 inches (236.2 × 96.5 × 4.1 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund
72.239
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Markings
Signed, on stone, lower left: AGuillaume
Inscribed, on stone, upper center: LE DIABLE | AU XIXe. SIECLE | OU | LES MYSTERES DU SPIRITISME. | PAR LE DOCTEUR BATAILLE | MAGNETISME OCCULTE CABALE MODERNE Inscribed, center right edge: MAGIE | DE LA | ROSE-CROIX | PALLADIUM R.N. | THEURGIE OPTIMATE | PRATIQUE SATANIQUES | ETC. ETC. Inscribed, lower right: RECITS | D'UN | TEMOIN Inscribed, lower center: 5 CENTIMES LES 2 PREMIERES LIVRAISONS | ENSEMBLE | LES LIVRAISONS SUIVANTES A 10 CENT. CHACUNE - DEUX PAR SEMAINE. | CHEZ TOUS LES LIBRAIRES & MARCHANDS DE JOURNAUX. Inscribed, vertically, lower left: Ste DES IMPies LEMERCIER, 57, R. DE SEINE, PARIS.
Provenance
1972-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Malhotra, Ruth and Thon, Christina, et. al. Das Fruhe Plakat in Europa und den USA, vol. 2. Berlin, 1977.
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Albert Guillaume, Le Diable au XIXe. Siecle, ca. 1890, lithograph printed in color ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 72.239.
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