Description: Lithograph by Alice Russell Glenny advertising the Women's Edition of the Buffalo, NY, Courier. Measures 11 3/8 x 15 5/8 inches. Original first edition lithograph out of "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" from 1899. With the blind embossed stamp designed by J. Cheret. This is an original, not a copy. In the 1890's streets in major cities were enriched with large and colorful advertising posters created by leading artists of the era. The prominent artist, Jules Cheret had his own print workshop in Paris which offered works from the Imprimierie Chaix print workshop. As artistic director of Chaix, Cheret had the vision to create Les Maitres de l'Affiche (Masters of the Poster). The series of 11 3/8" x 15 5/8" posters designed by the most prestigious poster artists of the day were chromolithographic reductions of the same large format examples be these artists. Prints were sold in packages of four and offered from December 1895 to 1900. Ninety seven artists were represented in the series which on occasion included a bonus plate. 256 total plates or images were produced in the five years Les Maitres de l'Affiche was offered. Each print has an embossed seal confirming it's authenticity. Alice Russell Glenny was a painter, sculptor and graphic artist who lived on Amherst Street in Buffalo, New York. She was born in Detroit but moved to New York as a young woman, where she studied under William Merritt Chase. She also studied with Gustav Boulanger in Paris. Glenny exhibited four designs at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, including her original design of The Maid of the Mist that was reproduced on the cover of a booklet for the Board of Women Managers. Glenny was the president of the Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo on Delaware Avenue, from 1899-1900. She was instrumental in the decoration of the interior of the club, designing the carpet on the second floor as well as the wallpaper for several rooms, which was produced by the M.H. Birge Wallpaper Company. She started a series of murals depicting the seven ages of women and related themes for the music room at the club in 1900. The last panel of the mural was completed and installed in 1920 when the room was renamed the Alice Glenny Room. Glenny was also President of the Buffalo Society of Artists in 1893-1894, 1903-1904 and in 1906-1908. Her prints and posters are included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Price: 198.9 USD
Location: Buffalo, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Poster
Year of Production: 1899
Features: 1st Edition
Subject: Buffalo
