Wilette, Adolphe (aka Adolphe-Léon, 1857 Châlons-sur-Marne - 1926 Paris)

Lot 1559 limit € 20

15 orig. Lithographs, ed. to illustrate the "Chansons de Paul Delmet", published by Henri Tellier in Paris around 1900, sheets (except for three sheets: 7, 10, 13) each titled by hand in lead: "Les Choux", "Petit Chagrin", " Matin", "Désirs Perdus", "Matin au bois de Boulogne" etc., sheet c. 28 x 19 cm, signs of age, Adolphe Wilette was a French illustrator, caricaturist and painter, son of the aide-de-camp of Marshal François- Achille Bazaine, 1875 attended the Paris École des Beaux Arts, among others a student of Alexandre Cabanel, then worked for various newspapers and magazines, among others as a caricaturist (pseudonyms Bebel, Cemoi, Pierrot etc.), founding member of the République de Montmartre.