The Alphonse Kann collection, sold by his order
This is a 1927 New York sale catalogue of the Alphonse Kann art collection, issued by the American Art Association for prospective buyers and dealers. The four plates are monochrome halftone reproductions of old master paintings, printed on tipped-in pages and rotated on the page. For designers, they show dark, low-key tonal compositions with strong chiaroscuro, dramatic figures emerging from shadow, and heavy drapery and rocky landscape that could inform moody dark-palette work.
