Catalogue de la Ve exposition des XX
This is an 1888 exhibition catalogue published in Brussels by the avant-garde Les XX group, edited by critic Octave Maus for the Belgian art-going public. Its pages reproduce handwritten lists and pen-and-ink sketches, and a few illustrations show figures seated in dim interiors, a standing man seen from behind in a narrow alley, and a lively cottage scene rendered in dense, scratchy hatching. A designer could take loose, sketchy line work and the expressive economy of quick ink drawing with tonal shading.
