Lucien Levy Dhurmer (1865 - 1953) / Dictus

Though this ain't the best photo of this work we've included this

one because of the strange edges as if it has been pointed on a

piece of wood. It has to be a kind of litho but we couldn't find it

on the internet. Dhurmer was one of France most important

symbolists. That's why we've included it here. Under the next

picture you can find a little bit more information regarding the

publisher of this so called litho.

10 drawings should have been made on luxury Japanese paper.

All 270 have been made fac similés, according to the procédé Marotte 

on heavy cardboard. Further investigations could possibly

say that it is a kind of heliotype way of print, whatever that

means. The signature is undoubtedly from the hand of Dhurmer.

Exposed here is the signature of Lucien Levy Dhurmer.

It is an honest way of working as the number and size of

the edition are written under the signature. The title of this 

work is  "Les meres pendant la Guerre". and we've added

the full description in french here: Published by Paris, 

Devambez. 1917. (1917)

Paris, Devambez. 1917. Edition originale. E.O. Illustrations de LEVY-DHURMER, Lucien. Douze compositions inédites reproduites en fac similé par le procédé Léon Marotte (en couleurs, à pleine page, sur fort carton, marie-louise contrecollée). Les mères pendant la guerre.  Préface inédite de Maurice Maeterlinck sur quatre pages. Edition originale. Un des 200 exemplaires sur papier de luxe après 10 sur papier Impérial du Japon, contenant un dessin original rehaussé de couleurs et 60 sur papier Impérial du Japon. Celui-ci n° 242. Chacune des 12 planches porte sur l'oeuvre elle-même les chiffres 242-270 correspondant au numéro de cet exemplaire et au tirage total de l'édition. L'ensemble, en feuillets, est contenu dans un cartonnage à ficelles dont le premier plat porte une vignette de titre contrecollée. Manque de 5 centimètres au dos du cartonnage, mors très usés et fendus. Cartonnage à restaurer. Format in folio, 36 x 49. Poids : 2400 g. , format : Format in folio, 36 x 49. Bookseller Inventory # 19527

Dictus

At first sight we believed this work to be an etching. 

However it has been done in pencil and thus must have been 

a lot of work. Work on paper. Dimensions: 20 / 25 cm.