R. WITZEL The apprentice with the red pencil, original signed LITHOGRAPH, 1899

  

The apprentice with the red pencil, 1899. On fine vellum 39.5 x 29 cm approx.

15.5 x 11.5 in. Authenticated by the dry stamp of the publisher "Les Maîtres de l'affiche" and "Imprimerie Chaix". This lithograph was published by Les Maîtres de l'Affiche in the Imprimerie Chaix. It was part of this eponymous portfolio (plate no. 164) which represented the most beautiful illustrated posters by the great artists of the time.

Lithograph of the German poster for the monthly illustrated magazine "Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration" (Arts and decoration in Germany), 1898. This is indeed the original edition, not a modern reissue.