Henri Rivière - Prints II - Catalogue raisonné of wood engravings

WRITTEN IN FRENCH

Henri Rivière is one of the most popular French artists, not necessarily because of his name, but because of his Japanese-style prints. They have enjoyed extraordinary success since their creation at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Collected here for the first time in an...

WRITTEN IN FRENCH

Henri Rivière is one of the most popular French artists, not necessarily because of his name, but because of his Japanese-style prints. They have enjoyed extraordinary success since their creation at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Collected here for the first time in an elegant collection, in their original order and in their entirety, are the famous series of woodcuts etc. All the works, therefore, which also include posters, show panels, etc., faithfully reproduced, indexed, accompanied by commentaries from specialist references.

With particular attention paid to the context of production, edition and distribution of lithographs at the time of Rivière. First-hand research, on the trail of Rivière, with the key to many unpublished documents among the 250 images reproduced.

French
192 pages / 250 illustrations

Éditions Locus Solus