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Posted 9 months ago
Alfredo
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PICS. 1 AND 2: A CHRISTMAS HYMN, AND SONGS FROM WAGNER'S OPERAS. LUCKILY, THE ILLUSTRATIONS WERE NOT PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAGE, SO I DID NOT NEED TWO SETS IN ORDER TO FRAME THEM. THEY ARE AT THIS POINT QUITE RARE. I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM OFFERED IN YEARS. I ALSO HAVE HIS ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE 23RD PSALM. IT WAS PRINTED BACK TO BACK, SO I NEEDED TWO SETS TO BE ABLE TO FRAME IT, WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE YET. TO ME, THESE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PEERLESS. AND THINK OF IT: ALL DONE BY HAND, NO COMPUTERS, JUST THE HAND AND THE CANVAS!
PICS. 3,4: WELL, I WAS NOT GOING TO WASTE PICTURE SPACE, SO I DECIDED TO POST THIS TWO DOUBLE ARROW ADVERTISEMENTS, FEATURING J.C.'S GREAT LOVE AND COMPANION FOR 50 YEARS, CHARLES BEACH (THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IN PIC. 3).
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Art Nouveau GraphicsColor lithography became popular in the 1880s, about the same time as the A…
i would travel from very far to visit the museum you open one day... i found something about charles beach in one of my printed things, and now i can't remember what it was...?
Actually, that's what my friends call my apartment! Paper is very fragile, but easy to keep in folders. Framed pieces are another story.