Jules Chéret – Les Maîtres de l’Affiche : Alcazar d’Été – Lidia, 1895

By CHERET Jules (1836-1932)

Jules CHÉRET (1836–1932)
Alcazar d’Été – Lidia, 1895 — from Les Maîtres de l’Affiche, PL. 25
Lithograph in colours on wove paper, printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Signed and dated ’95 in the stone lower right; “PL. 25” and Imprimerie Chaix credit printed in the lower left margin; Les Maîtres de l’Affiche blindstamp in the lower right margin
Dimensions:
Sheet: 39 × 29 cm (15.4 × 11.4 in.)
Image: 28.5 × 21 cm (11.2 × 8.3 in.)
Condition:
Very good condition, fresh colours. Unframed.
References: Stanley Appelbaum, The Complete “Masters of the Poster”, Dover, 1990, pl. 25
Period: plate published 1896
Plate 25 of Les Maîtres de l’Affiche (1895–1900), the monthly series of reduced-format posters published under Jules Chéret’s direction by Imprimerie Chaix. Poster for the singer Lidia at the Alcazar d’Été, the open-air café-concert on the Champs-Élysées.
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