1. Henri Matisse-Prose (pour des Esseintes), 1932
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954). Prose (pour des Esseintes), plate 19 from Poésies, by Stéphane Mallarmé, published 1932. Etching on cream and ivory Japanese papers, 332 x 245 mm, Given in Memory of A. Peter Dewey, 1946.1043.19 Reproduction, The Art Institute of Chicago. Reproduction or downloading prohibited by copyright law and international convention without the express written permission of the Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
2. Hokusai- Irises and Grasshopper, ca. 1828
3. Edouard Manet- Sur la plage, 1873 (RF 1953-24)
Paris, musée d'Orsay, donation Jean-Edouard Dubrujeaud sous Réserve d'usufruit. Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY.
4. Hokusai- Kajikazawa in Kai Province, ca 1827
5. Edouard Manet- from 'Le Corbeau', 1875
Courtesy, the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
6. Edouard Manet- from 'L'Après-midi d'un faune', 1876.
Bibliothèque Gustave Flaubert, Canteleu
7. Edouard Manet-Stéphane Mallarmé, 1876 (RF 2661)
Paris, musée d'Orsay. Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY.
8. Edouard Manet-Emile Zola, 1868 (RF 2205)
Paris, musée d'Orsay, donation de Mme Emile Zola sous réserve d'usufruit. Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY.
9. From La Dernière Mode, 6 décembre 1874
Cliché, Bibliothèque nationale de France
10. Mary Cassatt-The Loge, 1882
National Gallery, Washington, DC
11. Stéphane Mallarmé-fan for the poet's daughter, Geneviève.
Musée Stéphane Mallarmé. Photo G. Puechi. Click on the image for an enlargement
12. James McNeill Whistler-La Princesse du pays de porcelaine, 1864
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1903.91.
13. Stéphane Mallarmé and François Coppée- inscriptions and drawings in Méry Laurent's album, ca. 1891.
Private collection (Catalogue, Un destin d'écriture) Click on the image for an enlargement
14. 3 Hokusai signatures
Left: Hokusai's signature, bracketed. Center: Transcription of the artist's signature (by Reiko O. Harpending). Right: The characters in Méry Laurent's album. Click on the image for an enlargement
15. Hokusai-Manga, birds
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16. Hokusai, Peonies and Canary
17. Hokusai-Cranes ca 1827
18. 'Petit paon'. Mallarmé to Méry Laurent
Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris. Click on the image for an enlargement
Signature fan, ca. 1892.
Private collection. Photo, Paul B. Riley. Mallarmé's signature upper left. Click for enlargement.
20. Stéphane Mallarmé-New Year's quatrain and drawing.
Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris. Click on the image for an enlargement
21. Stéphane Mallarmé-fan for Misia Natanson
Collection Thierry Bodin. Click on the image for an enlargement
22. Stéphane Mallarmé-Whistler dedication
Glasgow University Library, Dept. of Special Collections Click on the image for an enlargement
23. After Eishosai Choki (ca. 1800)-Sunrise at New Year
24. Hokusai-In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa ca 1827
25. Hiroshige- Setta
26. Hiroshige-Autumn Moon Over the Tamagawa, 1831
27. Claude Monet-Antibes, 1888
The Samuel Courtauld Trust, Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London
28. Hiroshige-Takanawa Beneath a Harvest Moon, ca 1831