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Manuel Orazi "La Maison Moderne" ("The Modern House") Lithograph

Creator: Manuel Orazi
Offered by: Macklowe Gallery, Ltd

Description
This stunning lithograph was created by the Italian artist Emannuel Orazi for La Maison Moderne, the gallery of Bing’s competitor Julius Meyer-Graefe. The model, muse, and superstar Cleo Merode is superbly dressed with two hair combs designed by Manuel Orazi. Bertrand Mothes, in his paper, "La Maison Moderne de Julius Meyer-Graefe" helps us identify these objects: "an inkwell bearing a bronze figure of Alexander Carpenter on a base designed by [Maurice] Dufrêne and made of flamed sandstone by Adrien Dalpayrat, an armchair by Van de Velde, a bronze lamp by Gustave Gurschner, a vase by Dufrêne and Dalpayrat and a monkey figurine by Joseph Mendes da Costa." The niche that houses these objects is the same shape as Dalpayrat’s flambe vase, creating a satisfying rhythm to the composition. Orazi artfully places a stalk of Monnaie-du-pape (Papal Money) plant in the dalpayrat vase. The Monnaie-du-pape was the favored plant of Art Nouveau artists in both Paris and Nancy. Loved for its glass-like transparency and elegant ogival shape, Orazzi and his fellow Maison Moderne artists often included the fruit in their work.

Item #: YML-20108
Artist: Manuel Orazi
Country: France
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 40" height, 55" width (framed)
Materials: Lithograph on linen, , Giltwood gesso frame
Signed: Stamped with “J. Minot, Paris”, the store's stylized "MM" logo, designed by Georges Lemmen in center
Literature: An image of is poster is pictured in: Art Nouveau Posters & Graphics, by Roger Sainton, New York: Rizzoli, 1977, p. 33; and in: The French Poster: Chéret to Cappiello, by Jane Abdy, New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1969, p. 162.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	France
Period:	1900-1919
Materials:	Lithograph on linen, , Giltwood gesso frame
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1900
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	YML-20108
Incollect Reference #:	579653

Dimensions

W.	55 in;	H.	40 in;
W.	139.7 cm;	H.	101.6 cm;

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