Jules CHÉRET : Musée Grévin, Pantomimes lumineuses, Théâtre optique de E. Reynaud, Les Maîtres de l’Affiche PL. 41, 1896

By CHERET Jules (1836-1932)

Jules Chéret (French, 1836–1932)
Musée Grévin, Pantomimes lumineuses, Théâtre optique de E. Reynaud, Les Maîtres de l’Affiche (PL. 41), 1896
Lithograph in colours on wove paper
Signed in the plate; numbered “PL. 41” with the Imprimerie Chaix credit in the lower left margin; blindstamp of Les Maîtres de l’Affiche in the lower right margin
Dimensions:
Sheet: c. 39 × 29 cm (15 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Condition:
Very good condition, unframed.
References: Stanley Appelbaum, The Complete “Masters of the Poster”, Dover, 1990, pl. 41
Period: After the original poster of 1892
Plate 41 of Les Maîtres de l’Affiche, the monthly subscription series published by Imprimerie Chaix (Paris, 1895–1900) under the artistic direction of Jules Chéret. Poster for Émile Reynaud’s Théâtre optique at the Musée Grévin, the first public projection of animated pictures, three years before the Lumière brothers.
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Price : 100,00 € ( 110.00 USD )