"Centenaire de la Decouverte de la Pile Voltaique" by Adolfo Hohenstein, German, (1854-1928) Drawing From the Album "Some Aspects

From the Album "Some Aspects of Life in Paris"

His fascination and knowledge of the mid-western birds he portrayed are realized with consummate skill in the difficult medium of color aquatint

on thin cream laid paper

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

"Centenaire de la Decouverte de la Pile Voltaique" by Adolfo Hohenstein, German, (1854-1928) Drawing From the Album "Some AspectsColor 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