Colour lithography of the 1890s

Discusses colour lithography in the 1890s, with reference to the publication Quelques Aspects de la Vie de Paris: Französische Farblithographien um 1900 aus dem Kupferstichkabinett Basel (Basle, 2002). The author notes the influence of Philip Dennis Cate's research on the current understanding of the medium, explains the involvement of emerging artists in the 1890s in the production of colour prints, and focuses on the technical and marketing innovations of the time that helped to establish the genre. He refers to the Basle collection of French colour lithographs, reports on its inclusion of work by de Toulouse-Lautrec and Bonnard, and studies the albums and editions of single artists in the collection including the work of Gauguin, Bonnard, Denis, and Vuillard. He comments on the lack of single prints and the omission of significant editions in the collection, focuses on the subjects explored in the introduction to the publication, and comments on the comprehensive nature of the selection of prints by de Toulouse-Lautrec.