Morphine Addict, from The Album of Original Prints from Galerie Vollard (Morphinomaniac, from L'album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard)

Morphine Addict, from The Album of Original Prints from Galerie Vollard (Morphinomaniac, from L'album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard) by Eugène Samuel Grasset

Medium

Color lithograph on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 41.2 × 31 cm (16 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.); Sheet: 56.8 × 41.3 cm (22 3/8 × 16 5/16 in.)

Classification

print

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

254726

Art Historical Context

In 1897, Swiss-born artist Eugène Grasset contributed *Morphine Addict* (or *Morphinomaniac*) to *L’Album d’ampes Originales de la Galerie Vollard*, a groundbreaking portfolio published by the influential Paris dealer Ambroise Vollard. This album united leading modern artists in producing original lithographs, marking a pivotal moment in printmaking as it elevated the medium from reproductive technique to a platform for artistic innovation. Grasset, a pioneer of Art Nouveau, brought his expertise in decorative design—honed through iconic posters like those for the *Salon des Cent*—to this inti...

About the Artist

Eugène Samuel Grasset (French) · 1841 1917

French, born Switzerland, Lausanne 1841–1917 Paris

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