Les Maîtres de l’Affiche — ensemble de 19 planches originales

By STEINLEN T.A. (1859-1923)

Various artists — series directed by Jules Chéret
Les Maîtres de l’Affiche — set of 19 original plates, 1895–1900
Date / publisher: Imprimerie Chaix, Paris (Lorilleux inks)
Original colour lithographs (reductions of the great Belle Époque posters), each with the Chaix blindstamp lower right and the “Les Maîtres de l’Affiche PL. …” caption lower left; one un-numbered subscriber’s bonus plate (dessin inédit). 18 numbered plates + 1 bonus = 19 sheets
Dimensions: sheet approx. 39 × 29 cm (15¼ × 11½ in.); landscape plates (PL. 12, PL. 225) the reverse; several sheets with short/trimmed margins (reduced dimensions)

Plates in the set:
PL. 4 — Dudley Hardy — “A Gaiety Girl”
PL. 10 — Eugène Grasset — Salon des Cent, 5th Exhibition
PL. 11 — Lucien Lefèvre — Cacao Lacté Ch. Gravier
PL. 12 — Armand Rassenfosse — Grande Brasserie Van Velsen Frères, Bornhem (landscape)
PL. 21 — Jules Chéret — Folies-Bergère, L’Arc-en-Ciel
PL. 25 — Jules Chéret — Alcazar d’Été – Lidia
PL. 28 — Éd. Duyck & A. Crespin — Spa, Ferme de Frahinfaz (Café-Restaurant)
PL. 33 — Jules Chéret — Théâtrophone
PL. 39 — Gaston Noury — Pour les Pauvres de France et de Russie (Grandes Fêtes des Tuileries)
PL. 99 — Ethel Reed — Miss Träumerei (Albert Morris Bagby)
PL. 119 — Félix Vallotton — “Ah! La Pé… La Pépinière!!!” (Concert de la Pépinière)
PL. 129 — Jules Chéret — Casino d’Enghien
PL. 168 — Beggarstaffs (J. Pryde & W. Nicholson) — Rowntree’s Elect Cocoa
PL. 197 — Jules Chéret — La Musique
PL. 198 — Étienne Moreau-Nélaton — Travailleurs de France! / Notre-Dame du Travail
PL. 200 — Louis Rhead — Read The Sun
PL. 215 — Misti (Ferdinand Mifliez, signed “Mist”) — La Critique
PL. 225 — Jules Chéret — La Gomme (Félicien Champsaur, E. Dentu) (landscape)
Bonus plate (no number) — Steinlen — original drawing (dancer) — to confirm

Condition: Varies from sheet to sheet. The support and margins show defects — tears, paper losses, staining, short/trimmed margins, several sheets washed, creases and corner damage (e.g. Vallotton PL. 119, loss to upper-left corner; Chéret PL. 197, corner tears; Misti PL. 215, heavy browning; Rhead PL. 200, right-margin tear; Ethel Reed PL. 99, tear to top edge). The lithographed images themselves, however, are in fine condition overall: plates recommended for framing, with a mat concealing the damaged margins to make them fully presentable.
Description: A group of 19 authentic plates from the celebrated Maîtres de l’Affiche, the reference series that reproduced the finest French and international posters of the 1890s — Chéret, Grasset, Vallotton, the Beggarstaffs, Ethel Reed, Louis Rhead, Rassenfosse, Moreau-Nélaton and others.

Price : 250,00 € ( 284.00 USD )