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Dudley Hardy"The Gaiety Girl" from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series1894
1894
About the Item
HARDY, DUDLEY
(1867 – 1922)
"A Gaiety Girl"
Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #1, 1896. Plate # 4
Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4”
The “Les Maitres de l’Affiche” series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The “Maitres de l’Affiche,” were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as “plates”. They were numbered, with the printers name “Imprimerie Chaix,” in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, “PL.1” to “PL.240.” In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret’s. The smaller format and the fact the “Maitres” were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters due to cost. A very
high quality of paper was used, where as the large format posters were printed on lesser quality newsprint, due to cost and a short expected life span. This explains why the quality of the printing, in the “Maitres de l’Affiche,” usually far exceeds that of their larger counterparts. “…in the work of Dudley Hardy, whose gay dancing silhouettes, white on a scarlet ground, did much to enliven the streets and, in the instance of ‘Gaiety Girl’ (a musical comedy) series, struck a note more nearly approaching the French than any previous work in England” (C. Matlack Price, p.70)
Dudley Hardy was a popular English artist of the Art Nouveau period. After studying in Dusseldorf, Antwerp and Paris, he became successful as a magazine illustrator in the 1880s. In the 1890s he received additional acclaim as an important designer of theater posters. Among his best known posters were those for Gilbert & Sullivan’s THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD (1893) and for the musical comedy A GAIETY GIRL (1894).
- Creator:Dudley Hardy (1866 - 1922, English)
- Creation Year:1894
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Unknown edition numberPrice: $425
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- Condition:This piece is in excellent condition and is matted and shrink wrapped.
- Gallery Location:Hinsdale, IL
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