R. WITZEL The apprentice with the red pencil, Original signed LITHOGRAPHY, 1899

  

The apprentice with the red pencil, 1899. On fine vellum 39.5 x 29 cm c. 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 at Imprimerie Chaix. It was part of this eponymous portfolio (plate n°164) which featured the most beautiful illustrated posters by 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 reprint.