Catalogue illustré du Salon : peinture et sculpture
A illustrated catalogue of the 1907 Paris Salon of the Société des artistes français, published by the Bibliothèque des annales for a French art-buying public and visitors to the exhibition. Its plates are halftone reproductions of paintings and sculpture, several printed sideways on the page, including a dim interior genre scene with a seated figure beside a candle, a nude against foliage, a battle-field landscape with mounted soldiers, and an oval portrait of a woman in dark dress. A designer might draw on the tonal range of these reproductions, with strong chiaroscuro lighting and muted earth-and-green palettes that suit vintage editorial layouts.
