Uitnodiging voor een diner ter ere van Marcellin Desboutin before 1896

This Art Nouveau invitation card by Georges de Feure for a dinner honoring the printmaker Marcellin Desboutin, dated before 1896, is a striking example of his elegant style. It features a slender, fashionable woman in a wide-brimmed hat, gazing intently at a document, set against a background of stylized flowers and a whimsical windmill. The graphic simplicity and curved lines characteristic of Art Nouveau are on full display in this delicate design, which is held in the Rijksmuseum collection in Amsterdam. The text, in French, invites guests to the dinner to celebrate Desboutin’s recent nomination to the Legion of Honor.