John William WATERHOUSE (1849-1917) - The Girl of the Wind, 1904, NUMBERED LITHOGRAPH

John William WATERHOUSE (1849 - 1917)
English Painter - Victorian Age.
One of the great master of the neoclassical, pre-raphaelite and symbolist english movement.

Lithograph from an original 1904 drawing by John William Waterhouse & for the first time in the world in lithograph.
From one of the last great French lithographer & engraver.

This drawing, John William Waterhouse's most famous one, has been presented partially cut for quite a long time. Some old photos found recently, have proved that it was not always the case.
For the first time ever, the lithograph shows this drawing entirely as it was drawn by Waterhouse in 1904.

A fifty copies special edition on Great Paper (BFK Rives 270g).
Numbered and hand-signed by the Lithographer.
Drawn in the stone and hand-printed color by color on lithographic flat press.

Each lithographic stone is systematically destroyed after being used.
Therefore the prints are issued once and in compliance with the number of expected editions.

Title : "The Girl of the wind" (Study for Boreas) 1904
Technique : Lithograph from an original drawing in red chalk on paper.
Editor : FRANCE ART DIFFUSION
Lithography workshop : Atelier A Fleur de Pierre (Paris)
Lithographers : Etienne de Champfleury & Jean-Pierre Stholl
Lithograph in 4 handsigned & numbered
Size : 81 x 62 cm
Paper : BFK Rives 270g
Signature : Hand-signed & numbered in pencil by the 2 lithographers & the Editor embossed stamp
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY