Rare C. 1900 Gossip And Satan Came Also Optical Illusion Noir Art Print Antique
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:30139908 | Style: Victorian |
| Original/Reproduction: Original | Maker: House of Art |
| Type: Antique Art Print | Material: Paper |
| Color: Black and White | Width: 11 1/2 |
| Height: 17 1/2 |
ITEM: This a very rare antique original dark macabre Victorian era print by George A. Wotherspoon, titled Gossip - And Satan Came Also. Printed by The House Of Art Calendar Company, this looks to be a photogravure it is on a beveled mount and retains the full sheet this was created on. This would be spectacular framed! These Memento Mori trick of the eye /optical illusion / trompe-l"oil novelty prints were popular at the turn of the last century with two artists leading the... way, Charles Allan Gilbert and his All Is Vanity image and this one by George A. Wotherspoon. When looked at carefully the gossiping women form the face of satan, a sign of the times we suppose as the chaste Victorian ways were seeing changing by a more progressive modern version of femininity.
Image Measures 8" by 131 /4" on a embossed bevelled mount that measures 11 1/2" by 17 1/2"
The motif of the maiden and the skeleton or satan was hugely popular in the early 20th century, modernizing traditional "Memento Mori" art--which reminded the viewer of the inevitability of death and seductive power of sin--to reflect the great fear of the day; the New Woman. As women became more visible outside the home in the industrializing world, and cosmetics, bicycles, and other tokens of modernity began being used by the younger generation to assert their independence, images of the femme fatale in consort with death began appearing all over. Both alluring and frightening, these depictions were perhaps the perfect metaphor for the shock these pioneering modern women gave to the old order.
100% guaranteed original and vintage as always from GrapefruitMoonGallery.
Image Measures 8" by 131 /4" on a embossed bevelled mount that measures 11 1/2" by 17 1/2"
The motif of the maiden and the skeleton or satan was hugely popular in the early 20th century, modernizing traditional "Memento Mori" art--which reminded the viewer of the inevitability of death and seductive power of sin--to reflect the great fear of the day; the New Woman. As women became more visible outside the home in the industrializing world, and cosmetics, bicycles, and other tokens of modernity began being used by the younger generation to assert their independence, images of the femme fatale in consort with death began appearing all over. Both alluring and frightening, these depictions were perhaps the perfect metaphor for the shock these pioneering modern women gave to the old order.
100% guaranteed original and vintage as always from GrapefruitMoonGallery.
