TWO 19TH CENTURY BOTANICAL LITHOGRAPHS FROM ANTON SEDERS' THE PLANT IN ARTS & CRAFTS,Published Vienna, Gerlach & Schenk, 1890. Two matted, of the period lithographs from The Plant in Arts & Crafts, consisting of Plate #169, Pomegrante (#73704.1) and Plate #115, a print depicting blue flowers, birds and a dragonfly, with an insert panel of a young girl in a field (#73713.1) Both measure 21 1/8" high x 14 15/16" wide.
'Anton Johann Nepomuk Seder (1850- 1916) was an art professor and director of the School of Applied Arts in Strasbourg and one of the most talented artists of the Art Nouveau. His versatile talents enabled him to work as a sculptor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the Bavarian metropolis, as a decorator at the art education school, as well as an architect, designer and painter. Seder devoted himself to the art of the plant as well as animals in his work. For the Goldschmiede-Atelier Heiden in Munich, Anton Seder supplied templates for the production of piebald and decorative cups, as well as plates made of precious metals/stones. ' Estimate $100-200
Provenance: The Old Print Gallery, Washington, DC.
Toning to both prints. The Pomegrante print having a 1/4" tear to the lower edge of sheet, not extending into the image.
