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ESTAMPES des Peintres de la Revue Blanche. Toulouse-Lautrec et les 
Nabis.

Berne; Gutekunst & Klipstein: no date (1950s).

DISCUSSION: The catalog to an exhibition of 175 fine art prints by 
artists including Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, Vallotton, 
Serusier, Roussel, Ranson, and Mailol. Founded in Liège in 1889 by the 
brothers Alexander, Thaddeus, and Louis-Alfred Natanson, The Revue 
Blanche moved to Paris in 1891 and soon rivaled the Mercure de France. 
Its name was a direct comparison and contrast to the Mercure's covers, 
which were purple. The Blanche’s covers sometimes featured the beautiful 
and infamous model Misia Natanson, who at the time was Thaddeus's wife, 
as well as “muse” to Toulouse- Lautrec, Bonnard, Vuillard, Renoir, 
Diaghilev, Cocteau, & Vallaton, amongst others. “The journal served as a 
representative for the cultural and artistic intelligentsia of the time. 
Starting from 1898, at the instigation of Lucien Herr, it contributed to 
the Dreyfus affair, siding with the captain accused of treason. Octave 
Mirbeau published his Diary of a Chambermaid in serial form in the Revue
blanche in 1900. The Revue blanche disappeared in 1903 after 237 
issues."

"Nabi means prophet in Hebrew and in Arabic. Les Nabis originated as a 
rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at the 
Académie Julian. Paul Sérusier galvanized Les Nabis, and provided the 
name and disseminated the example of Paul Gauguin among them. Pierre 
Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard and Maurice Denis became the best known of the 
group. The term was coined by the poet Henri Cazalis who drew a parallel 
between the way these painters aimed to revitalize painting (as prophets 
of modern art) and the way the ancient prophets had rejuvenated Israel. 
Possibly the nickname arose because 'most of them wore beards, some were 
Jews and all were desperately earnest'. Les Nabis regarded themselves as 
initiates, and used a private vocabulary. They called a studio 
ergasterium, and ended their letters with the initials E.T.P.M.V. et 
M.P., meaning "En ta paume, mon verbe et ma pensée" ("In the palm of 
your hand, my word and my thoughts.")"

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 6.5"x9", 46 pages, 1 color plate and 32 black & 
white illustrations. Minor soil. Discreet ex-lib with a stamp on the 
cover. [40022]

PRICE: $100-

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