Opening Lecture | André Marty, the Graphic Arts Publisher who Redefined Originality

André Marty, the Graphic Arts Publisher who Redefined Originality with Donna Stein, Independent Curator

Independent curator Donna Stein will introduce you to L’Estampe originale, a rare graphics portfolio published in France during the mid-1890s that is widely regarded as one of the greatest collaborations in the history of printmaking. The dynamic and eclectic portfolio is a remarkable tribute to printmaking, especially lithography, as an original and experimental medium for a path-breaking generation of revolutionary artists ranging from Whistler to Gauguin to Toulouse-Lautrec. With 95 prints by 74 artists, L’Estampe originale presented nearly every stylistic movement during the second half of the nineteenth century from Impressionism to the fin-de siècle Art Nouveau.