Feb 24, 2022 - Sale 2596

Sale 2596 - Lot 18

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

JULES-ALEXANDRE GRÜN (1868-1938)

SCALA / REVUE À POIVRE. 1903.


47 3/4x33 3/4 inches, 121 1/4x85 3/4 cm. Charles Verneau, Paris.
Condition A-: minor restoration at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds. Framed.

This classic Grün poster presents "a cheerful and exposed young lady" (Grün p. 63) in the suggestive, softly erotic style that was the artist's trademark. This show was led by music hall performer Suzanne Derval and opera singer Amélie Dieterle. The Scala was one of Paris's major music halls, and Grün designed most of the posters for the establishment between 1901 and 1905. This is the larger format. Grun p. 63, DFP-II 436, Meisterplakate 107, Cafe Concert 38.