Jan 31, 2008 - Sale 2134

Sale 2134 - Lot 294

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
GEORGES MEUNIER JOB. 1894.
95x34 1/4 inches. Chaix, Paris.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears at edges. Two sheets.
"Georges Meunier was one of the painters of talent and charm . . . who are the smiling illustrators of their time . . . a pupil of Cheret . . . his philosophy of the poster was the same 'toujours les femmes et les rires' "(Abdy p. 63). Meunier's design in this poster is one of the best utilizing the elongated format that was current in Paris in the mid 1890s. Maitres pl. 167, DFP II 579, Abdy p. 62.