Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'œuvre
Exposition universelle, 1900: the chefs-d'oeuvre is an art exhibition catalogue published in Philadelphia by G. Barrie & Son in 1900, with plates reproduced from works shown at the Paris world's fair, compiled by William Walton for an English-reading audience of collectors and art students. The four plates are black-and-white halftone reproductions of paintings and prints: a pair of figures on a rough stone path under an arch, an interior with a seated man and a standing woman in a long gown beside a framed picture, a tall vertical etching of nude and draped figures climbing and tumbling, and a sleigh or cart with horses and bundled riders in snow. A designer might take from them the tonal range of dark masses against pale ground, and the strong diagonal poses used to suggest movement and crowding.
