RARE Art Nouveau bookplate exlibris Austrian artist RAPHAEL KIRCHNER Paris 1905

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RARE Art Nouveau bookplate exlibris Austrian artist RAPHAEL KIRCHNER Paris 1905:
$48.49

Please enjoy a selection of fine bookplates all dating from the 1880 - 1925 period.

All are 100% genuine ex libris from the period, as stated, and all are in quite excellent condition (both front and verso) unless otherwise stated.

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Artist: Raphael Kirchner (1876 Vienna – 1917 New York).

Recipient:Georges Goury (Medical doctor from Nancy)

Date: 1905

Sheet size: 152 mm x105 mm

Blocksize: 142 mm x92 mm

Signed / Monograph: \'Raphael Kirchner Paris\'lower left corner to inset image.

Paper type:Heliogravure on Chinapaper.

Condition: Pristine front and verso. Very clearimpression from the block to verso.

Comments: This is a rare blue version of this important exlibris, rather than the more seen sepia version.

Raphael Kirchner (1876Vienna – 1917 New York). Austrian illustrator, portrait painter and postcard designer who worked inVienna, Paris and the USA. He studied at theVienna Academy of Fine Arts and moved to Paris in1900 where he worked for magazines such as \'La Vie Parsienne\'. In 1914 hemoved to the USA where he remained until his death in 1917.This bookplate wasdesigned for Georges Goury (1875-1959) who began working as aphysician in Nancy around 1905.

Thisunusual heliogravure is a rare turquoise version of this bookplate. GeorgesGoury apparently ordered few in this colour printed as opposed to a sepia tone alsofound. It employs the heliogravure technique; the oldest procedure forreproducing photographic images and during the early part of the 20th century andthe method of choice for reproductions appearing in high quality books and forartistic photography.