Sports
NICHOLSON William
FICHE 11550
(1872 - 1949)
Les Exercices de boxe.
from L'Almanach de Douze sports
woodcut in colours
1898
A nice impression on wove paper, published by the Société Française d'Editions d'Art, Paris. Verso, the calendar of december month.
Introduced by a study on William Nicholson by Octave Uzanne, the almanach - which this plate is from - includes twelve color plates facing the month in which the illustrated sport was most often practiced.
Sir William Nicholson was an English painter, engraver and illustrator. In 1896, he started his first woodcuts. With his friend James Pryde, he designed posters published under the pseudonym The brothers Beggarstaff. His is particularly famous for his study of human faces and his art of contrast.
Sheet: 315 x 245 mm.
Image: 195 x 195 mm.
Condition: time- and light-staining; otherwise generally in good condition.
