22eme Exposition du Salon des Cent

Henri Detouche

1896

A 1896 lithograph poster by Henri Detouche advertising the 22e Exposition du Salon des Cent, showing a stylized, theatrical woman and repeating swan motifs to promise elegance and taste.

You'd first notice the flat, muted planes of green and rose outlined in steady black, the exaggerated puffed sleeves and curled hair of the seated figure, and the decorative swans repeating like wallpaper behind her.

It exemplifies how late‑19th‑century lithography transformed posters into a refined public art—melding commercial promotion with the decorative, sinuous forms of Art Nouveau and helping establish modern graphic design.

Palette

Art Terms

Art Nouveau(New Art) Lithography Poster Graphic design Typography Portrait

Exhibitions

Women of the Nineties: Fin-de-Siècle Prints

1979

Symbolism, Synthesists, and the Fin-de-Siècle

1972

A History of the Modern Poster

1941

The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, 1934

1934