Nov 24, 2015 - Sale 2400

Sale 2400 - Lot 64

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CHÉRET, JULES. Silvestre, Armand; and Francis Thomé. La Fée du Rocher: Ballet-Pantomime en deux actes et six tableaux. One set on Arches paper, in sepia, before letters, comprising covers and 3 sheets (one is double-page); another set on China paper, comprising 5 sepia sheets (3 are double-page) plus chromolithographed covers and one loose, linen-backed sheet. 500x320 mm; 19 3/4x12 5/8 inches, sheets, some creasing and toning, penciled numbers in lower corners, one folded folio sheet appears to be printed off-center and is creased and lightly soiled, scattered foxing. Paris (likely L. Conquet), circa 1894

Additional Details

Attractive group of folio sheets in various states of proof depicting Chéret's witty illustrations for this ballet-pantomime. The published edition of 100 copies was issued by L. Conquet, Paris, in 1894.