ORIGINAL ERNEST MONTAUT POSTER DEPICTS RENAULT AT GRAND HOTEL AND OPERA IN PARIS

Description: EXTREMELY RARE FRENCH LITHOGRAPH BY MONTAUT - FRAMED AND READY TO HANG ERNEST MONTAUT BEGAN EXPRESSING INTEREST IN AUTOMOBILES AND RACING AT THE ONSET OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. WITH THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED, HIS INITIAL PRINTS WERE MADE IN THE MID-1890’S AND CONTINUED INTO THE MID-TEENS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, DEPICTING AUTOMOBILE-RELATED SCENES FROM THROUGHOUT EUROPE. HE RECEIVED INSTANT ACCLAIM, WHICH IS CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDABLE WHEN NOTING THE DETAIL AND QUALITY OF HIS CREATIONS. THE “POCHOIR PROCESS” WAS STATE OF THE ART IN THE TIME, REQUIRING IMAGE OUTLINES TO BE DRAWN INTO LITHOGRAPHIC STONES FOR PRINTING; THE UNCOLORED PRINTS PRODUCED WERE THEN USED AS A TEMPLATE TO CREATE STENCILS FOR COLORATION. THE WATER COLORS WERE APPLIED WITH BRUSH THROUGH THE STENCILS. THE TEDIOUS PROCESS WAS TIME CONSUMING BUT THE RESULT WAS PURE INSPIRATION. SOME OF THE TRAINED ARTISTS MONTAUT EMPLOYED IN THE COLORING PROCESS, NOTABLY NEVIL AND CAMPION, EMPLOYED THE LEARNED TECHNIQUE TO ENHANCE THEIR OWN WORK LATER. MARGUERITE MONTAUT, WHO WAS MARRIED TO ERNEST, SIGNED SOME OF THE PIECES “GAMY”, AN ANAGRAM FOR MAGY. THIS PARTICULAR WORK, TITLED "PARIS 1915", DEPICTS A CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN RENAULT TOWN CAR WITH A FORMALLY ATTIRED COUPLE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE GRAND HOTEL AND OPERA HOUSE ARE IN THE BACKGROUND. NUMEROUS NATTILY DRESSED PEDESTRIANS ARE STROLLING THE PROMENADE.THIS ARTWORK AND COMPANION PIECES, OFFERED IN SEPARATE AUCTIONS, WERE BROUGHT TO LAS VEGAS, NV FROM NICE, FRANCE BY CLASSIC CAR DEALER HAROLD ELLIS (DECEASED), WHEN HE MUSTERED OUT OF SERVICE POST WWII. I PURCHASED THE LOT FROM HAROLD IN 1979 AND HAD THEM FRAMED BY A TRULY GIFTED FRAMER NAMED HAL ELDER (DECEASED) WHO HAD IN HIS INVENTORY SOME SPECIAL GILT WOOD MATERIAL WHICH HE HAD EMPLOYED IN PROJECTS EXECUTED FOR LIBERACE. THE FRAME MEASURES 32" WIDE x 20" TALL AND HAS A THREE DIMENSIONAL ASPECT TO IT. THE RESULT IS VISUALLY SPECTACULAR AND HISTORICALLY CORRECT FOR DISPLAYING THE RARE ARTWORK. THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER MAY ANTICIPATE WORLD CLASS PACKAGING AND PROMPT INSURED DELIVERY WITH COMPLIMENTS. YOU MAY CHECK OUR 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR ASSURANCE AS TO AUTHENTICITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. MUCH ENJOYMENT TO THE FORTUNATE NEW OWNER OF THIS MASTERWORK.

Price: 750 USD

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

End Time: 2024-05-17T03:09:49.000Z

Shipping Cost: 75 USD