Invitation for "Les Amis de l'Art Japonaise", George Auriol

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George Auriol, Invitation for "Les Amis de l'Art Japonaise"
George Auriol, Invitation for "Les Amis de l'Art Japonaise"
George Auriol
Invitation for "Les Amis de l'Art Japonaise"
1912
George Auriol
1863–1938
Invitation for "Les Amis de l'Art Japonaise", 1912
Where object was made: France
Material/technique: laid paper; color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 194 x 134 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 194 x 134 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 7 5/8 x 12 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 11 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund
Accession number: 2002.0052
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Inspired by Japan," Mar-203, Cori Sherman Fascinated by Japanese motifs, Auriol devised monograms, or “cachets,” using small pictorial symbols and initials to emulate the signature seals so important to Japanese artists. His cachet designs were in constant demand by friends and fellow artists in his circle, such as Henri Rivière, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Anatole France. Not only was Auriol a fine graphic designer, he was a competent printmaker. This color woodcut with its collection of Asian objets d’art was designed for a dinner meeting of the Société des Amis de l’Art Japonais, or “The Friends of Japanese Art.” This was a group of connoisseurs, artists, and art dealers who held monthly meetings at the Restaurant du Cardinal in Paris from 1892 until 1914. The members gathered to share masterpieces of their Japanese art collections and to enjoy lively discussions.