PRIVAT LIVEMONT (HENRI PRIVAT ANTOINE THÉODORE LIVEMONT, KNO - Lot 3

PRIVAT LIVEMONT (HENRI PRIVAT ANTOINE THÉODORE LIVEMONT, KNOWN AS) (1861-1936) - BELGIAN SCHOOL Model (before the letter) for "Cacao Van Houten" 1897 Decorative panel; avant la lettre or unlettered poster. Chromolithography in 9 colors. Signed, dated and located PRIVAT-LIVEMONT 1897 Bruxelles, marked Chromolithographie L. van LEER & Cie Amsterdam in the plate lower left. Sheet size: 150.5 x 63.5 cm Slight rippling, small tears and missing parts in the upper left corner. Please note: The model exists with and without slogan, the latter being added later depending on the country, and therefore language, of destination. Public collections and related works : - Victoria & Albert Museum, London - A poster for Van Houten Cocoa is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number CIRC.603-1962. - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam - Two posters for Cacao Van Houten (one in French, the other in Dutch) are held in the collections of this institution under inventory numbers C_B-5 and C_N-8 respectively. Related exhibitions and works - Tentoonstelling der Werken van Privat Livemont - Museum van Kunstnijverheid, Haarlem, June 1 - July 15, 1904. An identical model was exhibited at this event. - Art nouveau, affiches belges 1892-1914 - Projects and drawings from the L. Wittamer-Decamps collection - Musée de l'affiche, Warsaw, June 1973. A poster for Van Houten Cocoa was exhibited at this event. Bibliography : - Art et Décoration - February 1900 issue. A poster for Cacao Van Houten reproduced on page 60. - Catalogus, Tentoonstelling der Werken van Privat Livemont - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Museum van Kunstnijverheid, Haarlem (June 1 - July 15, 1904). An identical model is reproduced on page 29. - Y. Oostens-Wittamer - Art nouveau, affiches belges 1892-1914 - Projects and drawings from the L. Wittamer-Decamps collection - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Poster Museum, Warsaw, June 1973. A poster for Cacao Van Houten referenced under catalog number 85 (unpaginated). - Benoît Schoonbroodt - Privat Livemont, Entre tradition et modernité au coeur de l'Art nouveau, 1861-1936 - Éditions Racine, Brussels, 2007. A poster for Cacao Van Houten reproduced on page 104 and referenced under number 18 in the Chronological Poster Catalogue.