Paul Emile Berthon - Vision Antique

Vision Antique

Paul Emile Berthon's original colour lithograph, "Vision Antique" was created by the French artist in 1899. It is printed upon thin wove paper as published in Paris in the limited edition of two hundred impressions, Victor Arwas, Catalogue # 39, (Third and Final State), the stone was then effaced and thus no later impressions were struck. "Vision Antique" is titled along the lower margin and signed in the stone. Unlike most Art Nouveau posters, Paul Berthon's panneaux decoratifs included no advertising and no letterpress. They were meant to stand alone as significant works of art in their own right.

Original Art Nouveau Colour Lithograph by the French artist, Paul Emile Berthon

Vision Antique (Antique Vision)

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Paul Emile Berthon 'Paul Berthon' (Chartrettes, 1872 - Paris, 1909)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Femme de Profil (Woman in Profile) by Paul Berthon	Original Colour Lithograph	1898	Signed in the stone by Paul Berthon and bearing the 'Les Maitres' blindstamp. Special edition Impression. Catalogue # 26. First and only State	Sold
02.-		Sa Tres Gracieuse Majeste La Reine Wilhelmine (Queen Wilhelmine) by Paul Berthon	Original Colour Lithograph	1901	Signed in the stone by Paul Berthon. Edition of 200 Impressions. Cataloglue # 61, Third and Final State	Sold
03.-		Vision Antique (Antique Vision) by Paul Berthon	Original Colour Lithograph	1899	Titled along the lower margin and signed in the stone by Paul Berthon. Edition of 200 Impressions. Catalogue # 39, Third and Final State

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Title:	Vision Antique (Antique Vision)
Artist:	Berthon, Paul Emile 'Paul Berthon' (Chartrettes, 1872 - Paris, 1909)
Date:	1899
Medium:	Original Art Nouveau Colour Lithograph
	Paul Emile Berthon 'Paul Berthon': Along with the art of Alfons Mucha, the lithographs of Paul Emile Berthon stand at the centre of our interpretation of Art Nouveau grace and beauty. Despite his very short life it is impossible not to rank Paul Berthon among the greatest masters of this entire turn-of-the-century movement.
	Paul Berthon first studied as a painter in Villefranche before coming to Paris in 1893. There he enrolled at the Ecole Normale d'Enseignement de Dessin, receiving lessons from Luc-Oliver Merson. Yet the greatest influence upon Paul Berthon came from his teacher of Decorative Arts, Eugene Grasset (1841-1917). Grasset's impact upon the early formation of the Art Nouveau movement had been vast and both Berthon and Mucha acknowledged him as the single greatest influence upon their art.
	Paul Emile Berthon's early lithographs (dated up to 1896) often show stylistic elements comparable to Grasset. As his style developed, however, Berthon began using the autumnal pastel coloured palette and the strongly defined lines and patterns that have made his art so famous. Other key elements in Paul Berthon's art were his study of Japanese woodcuts and his attention to the art of the natural world -- particularly its flora and fauna -- where he utilized the arts of medieval France as exemplars.
	The graphic oeuvre of Paul Berthon consists of ninety-four original lithographs. Almost two-thirds of Paul Berthon's original lithographs are what the artist termed, "Panneaux Decoratifs". Unlike most Art Nouveau posters, Paul Berthon's panneaux decoratifs included no advertising and no letterpress. They were meant to stand alone as significant works of art in their own right.
Raisonne:	Victor Arwas, Berthon and Grasset, Academy Editions, Paris, 1978.
	Catalogue # 39, Third and Final State, Arwas relates that the first state was printed in black and white in an edition of 50 impressions and that the second state consisted of 100 impressions. The third state, containing the title along the lower margin and 'Paul Berthon' in the upper left corner, was printed in an edition of 200. The stone was then effaced and thus no later impressions were struck.
Size:	11 1/2 X 23 1/2
	UnMatted
Buy Now	Price: $1,275.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon thin wove paper as published in Paris in the limited edition of 200 in 1899. Titled along the lower margin and signed in the stone by the artist. It is a superb, unfaded impression and in excellent condition throughout. One should take note that this impression of Vision Antique contains full-undamaged margins. Most classic examples of Art Nouveau lithographs have come down to us with torn or cropped margins as well as significant damage to the image itself. This impression of Vision Antique is thus not only one of Berthon's greatest works of original art but is in as pristine a condition as the day it was published.
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