"Centenaire de la Decouverte de la Pile Voltaique" by Adolfo Hohenstein, German, (1854-1928) Drawing on thin cream laid paper

on thin cream laid paper

Allen is particularly familiar

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

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

"Centenaire de la Decouverte de la Pile Voltaique" by Adolfo Hohenstein, German, (1854-1928) Drawing on thin cream laid paperColor 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