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Artist
- Name:
- Lepère, Auguste
- Dates:
- 1849-1918
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Lepère, Auguste
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
Book
- Title:
- Paris-almanach 1897
- Author(s):
- Morice, Charles
- Publisher:
- Paris: Ed. Sagot, 1897
Description
Design for the back cover of the 1897 Paris-almanach showing a young woman sitting on an Egyptian sphinx similar to the Great Sphinx of Tanis and brandishing a tripartite scroll bearing the book title. The windmill depicted in the background is likely to be the Moulin de la Galette.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, Art Nouveau, color, cover, female, windmill
