"Centenaire de la Decouverte de la Pile Voltaique" by Adolfo Hohenstein, German, (1854-1928) Drawing with which Mr

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then transcended Indian Space concerns for all-over patterning and ambiguity between positive and negative space

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His fascination and knowledge of the mid-western birds he portrayed are realized with consummate skill in the difficult medium of color aquatint

"Centenaire de la Decouverte de la Pile Voltaique" by Adolfo Hohenstein, German, (1854-1928) Drawing with which MrColor Lithograph, 1898, ed. ?, Pub. by Maitres de L'Affiche, PL 160, 14 1 8 x 7 3 8, signed & dated in the plate: A Hohenstein 1898, on smooth cream wove paper. Hohenstein was a German painter, illustrator and designer for the theater. His design work was a pivotal influence on the Italian Stile Liberty Art Nouveau movement. This beautiful poster design is a tribute to Alessandro Volti, the inventor of the battery, and is greatly enlivened by the use