Theophile STEINLEN (1859-1923) CROOKS Original SIGNED Art Deco LITHOGRAPH 1903

Description: Artist: Theophile STEINLEN (French, 1859-1923)Title: L'Assiette au Beurre - The Crooked JudgesMedium: Original Color LithographSignature: Signed by the Artist in the plate, as shownSize: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inchesPrinter: Société de l'Imprimerie Chronotypographique, ParisPublisher: Samuel Sigismond Schwarz - Librairie SchwarzProvenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts About the Artist: Théophile Alexandre Steinlen was a French-Swiss artist best known for his Art Nouveau poster designs. Steilen often depicted animals, specifically cats, as well as the bohemian cabaret culture of turn-of-the-century Paris.About L'Assiette au Beurre: L'Assiette au Beurre was an important illustrated French satirical magazine with anarchist political leanings that was chiefly produced between 1901 and 1912. The magazine's caricature and editorial cartoon content was drawn from a varied cadre of illustrator-contributors of many backgrounds and disparate artistic styles. The content often focused on socialist and anarchist ideas. At the time of its founding near the start of the twentieth century, France was divided on crucial issues such as the extension of military service, revanchism (the call of French nationalists to avenge and reclaim from Germany the annexed territories of Alsace-Lorraine), right of association, separation of church and state, freedom of speech, and the emergence of new and radical political and social ideas in France such as revolutionary syndicalism, antimilitarism, anti-clericalism, Proletarian internationalism, feminism and the rise of labour law, which were all subjects of feature in the magazine. L'Assiette au Beurre is a valuable iconographic testament of the Belle Époque ("beautiful era") period in France, characterized by optimism, peace at home and in Europe, new technology and scientific discoveries. Georges Wolinski (killed in the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo), indicated in 2011 that his magazine's work was the legacy of L'Assiette au Beurre.

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