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JULES ALEXANDRE GRÜN (1868-1938) LA PEPINIERE. 1898. 49 1/4x35 3/4 inches. Chaix, Paris. Condition B+: repaired tears in margins, image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Framed. Between 1898 and 1905, Grün worked for most of the Parisian café-concerts. He designed three posters for La Pepiniere. Unlike some of the other classier venues (La Scala, Gaîté Rochechouart, Casino de Paris and Les Folies Bergeres), La Pepiniere attracted a working-class clientele (as Grün depicts here in the background). "Chauffons! Chauffons!" is a play on words between "Chauffeur," a driver, and "Chauffer," getting hot, an idea Grün reflects in the firey typography. Regardless of its actual meaning, the double entendre and the image are loaded with sexual innuendo. The image is drawn using Grün's trademark colors: red and black. Grün p. 56, Maitres pl 159, DFP II 431.
