Frey lithographer (3 resultados)

Oblong 12mo. 6 x 5 in. With 12 sepia-tinted lithographed plates, bound leporello accordion-style, 1st leaf double-page birds-eye view of Chicago, IL. Black cloth-backed embossed & gilt decorated maroon boards, ornamental gilt & black lettering, decoration on front cover (very slight rubbing to fore-edges, very slight wear to corners), still a VG bright copy. First edition, thus, of this nicely executed lithograph view book issued two years prior to the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Charles Frey, and his partner Louis Glaser, created these exceptional lithographic illustrations from photographs, making slight alterations adding or deleting details, and then using 5 of more stones to lay down separate shades from white to light & dark sepia. The varnished look of the finished lithograph offered a greater illusion of depth.…

Condición: Good. Hand-colored lithograph. 29.5 x 22.5 cm (sheet). Very Good, light foxing in the margins, water staining in margins.Provenance: ancienne galerie Vandevoorde, 22 rue Vignon, Paris.

Condición: Good. Lithograph. 20 x 28.5 cm (sheet). Signed in the stone. Very Good.