"Centenaire de la Decouverte de la Pile Voltaique" by Adolfo Hohenstein, German, (1854-1928) Drawing then transcended Indian Space concerns

then transcended Indian Space concerns for all-over patterning and ambiguity between positive and negative space

100 plus proofs

slight cockling from gouache

An earlier state impression of this print is held in the collection of The Brooklyn Museum

There are two expertly repaired tears to upper left margin and right margin center

"Centenaire de la Decouverte de la Pile Voltaique" by Adolfo Hohenstein, German, (1854-1928) Drawing then transcended Indian Space concernsColor Lithograph, 1898, ed. ?, Pub. by Maitres de L'Affiche, PL 160, 14 1 8 x 7 3 8, signed & dated in the plate: A Hohenstein 1898, on smooth cream wove paper. Hohenstein was a German painter, illustrator and designer for the theater. His design work was a pivotal influence on the Italian Stile Liberty Art Nouveau movement. This beautiful poster design is a tribute to Alessandro Volti, the inventor of the battery, and is greatly enlivened by the use