Original color lithograph by Bernard Boutet de Monvel, signed and dated in the stone in 1904. It reproduces the watercolor Le Jardin Français: a young woman in a full orange dress seated in a formal French garden, in the spare drawing and flat colors characteristic of early Art Deco.
Original color lithograph by Bernard Boutet de Monvel, signed and dated in the stone in 1904. It reproduces the watercolor Le Jardin Français: a young woman in a full orange dress seated in a formal French garden, in the spare drawing and flat colors characteristic of early Art Deco.
The print appeared in the album Le Jardin Français, published in December 1905 as a supplement to the magazine L'Art Décoratif. Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881-1949), painter, engraver and fashion illustrator, was one of the key figures of French graphic elegance between the wars.
Medium: Color lithograph.
Artist / after: Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881-1949).
Date: 1904.
Source: Le Jardin Français, supplement to L'Art Décoratif, December 1905.
Dimensions: Image 6.3 x 8.7 in (16 x 22.2 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with fresh colors and light toning of the paper at the edges.