La Belle Époque, or "beautiful era", is considered a golden time of beauty, innovation and renewal. From the last decade of the 1800's until the outbreak of The Great War, culture in all its facets thrived. Lovely ladies in elegant costume epitomize this age of indulgence and are exquisitely portrayed by such artists as Henri Boutet, Edgar Chahine, Paul Helleu, and Alphonse Mucha.


1

Abel-Truchet, Louis

(1857-1918) French
"Le Quadrille", 1890
Color lithograph
20 1/2" x 28 1/4"
Publisher's monogram in stone. Printed title in margin. Signed in stone.

$2,000.


2

Abel-Truchet, Louis

(1857-1918), French
"Au Jardins du Luxembourg", 1895
Color lithograph
24" x 33 1/2"
Signed in stone

$950.


3

Abel-Truchet, Louis

(1857-1918) French
"Les Danseuses", c. 1900
Color lithograph
20 3/8" x 28 3/8"
Signed and monogrammed in stone.

$2,000.


4

Bottini, Georges

(1874-1907), French
"La Femme aux iris", 1898
Color lithograph
13 1/8" x 11 5/8"
Remarque of two dragonflies in margin. Signed and dated in stone.

$2,500.


5

Boutet, Henri

(1851-1919) French
"Dans la rue", 1886
Etching
8" x 4 1/8"
Signed in plate

$175.


6

Boutet, Henri

(1851-1919) French
"Menu: XII Banquet de La Plume", 1894
Etching with drypoint
7 7/8" x 6 3/16"
Signed in plate

$350.


7

Chahine, Edgar

(1874-1947)
Armenian/French
"En Promenade (T.135)", 1905
Etching and drypoint
10 7/8" x 7 3/4"
Signed in plate

$350.


8

Cheret, Jules

(after) 1836-1932
French
"Jardin de Paris", 1897
Plate # 65 from "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche"
Color lithograph
12 3/8" x 9 1/16"
Signed in plate and blind stamped in margin.

$500.


9

Cheret, Jules

(after) 1836-1932
French
"Redoute des Etudiants", 1897
Plate # 85 from "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche"
Color lithograph
12 3/4" x 9 3/16"
Signed in plate and blind stamped in margin.

$500.


10

Drian, Etienne

(1885-1961) French
"(L'Heure du the)", c. 1910
Etching with drypoint
5 3/8" x 3 3/8"
Signed in plate

SOLD


11

Guerard, Henri

(1846-1897) French
"Le Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac", 1903
Etching
Definitive state published post-humously in The Gazette des Beaux Arts
9" x 3 3/4"


$350.


12

Helleu, Paul Cesar

(1859-1927) French
"Meditation", 1894
Etching with drypoint
Edition of 100
11" x 7 3/4"
Blind stamped "L'Estampe Originale" in margin.
Signed and numbered in pencil in margin.

$2,500.


13

Helleu, Paul Cesar

(1859-1927) French
"Elegante et petit chien faisant le beau", c. 1900
Etching with drypoint
Edition unknown
15 3/4" x 11 3/4"
Signed in pencil in margin

$2,200.


14

Legrand, Louis

(1863-1951) French
"Soireuses (E.316)", 1905
Etching with drypoint and aquatint
Edition of 70
15 7/8" x 10 7/8"
Signed in plate.
Signed and numbered in pencil and red stamped in margin.

$2,000.


15

Lobel-Riche, Almery

(1877-1950) French
"Les Bars", 1912-13
Etching with drypoint
13 3/8" x 9 1/2"
Signed in plate and blind-stamped in margin

$650.


16

Loir, Luigi

(1845-1916) French
"Averse sur les boulevards", c. 1909
Color etching with aquatint
11 3/4" x 22 1/8"
Signed and annotated in pencil in margin

$2,000.


17

Malo-Renault, Auguste

(1870-1938) French
"Femme au manteau l'hermine", 1912
Color etching and drypoint on Japon paper
Edition of 30
10 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Signed, numbered and dated in pencil

$950.


18

Minartz, Antoine Guillaume (Tony)

(1870-1944) French
"Sortie de Théatre", 1900
Etching
9" x 7"

$125.


19

Mucha, Alphonse

(1860-1939) Czech
"Menu: Champagne Moet & Chandon", c. 1890
Color lithograph with hand color
5 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Signed in plate


$650


20

Mucha, Alphonse

(1860-1939) Czech
"Menu: Champagne Moet & Chandon", c. 1890
Color lithograph with hand color
5 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Signed in plate

$650.


21

Sem (Georges Goursat)

(1863-1934) French
"(Top Hat and Tails)", c. 1905
Pochoir and lithograph
13" x 7"
Signed in plate

$250.


22

Villon, Jacques

(1875-1963) French
"Cafe de la Paix (G. & P. 259)" 1924
Menu for Societe des Amis des Livres
Etching and drypoint
7 3/8" x 5 11/16"
Signed in plate


$650.


23

Villon, Jacques

(1875-1963) French
"La Chasse aux mouettes (G & P 110), 1906
Soft ground etching and aquatint
6 7/16" x 8 3/4"
Published for the artist's second exhibition at the Galerie Legrip in Rouen
Signed in pencil

$750.


24

Villon, Jacques

(1875-1963) French
"Les Cents Bibliophiles (G. & P. 250)", 1910
Etching with drypoint
9 7/16" x 7 1/16"
Edition of 100
Signed in plate

$750.


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