Dec 15, 2010 - Sale 2234

Sale 2234 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
JULES CHÉRET (1836-1932) AUX BUTTES CHAUMONT / JOUETS ET OBJETS POUR ETRENNES. 1885.
48 1/2x69 1/2 inches, 123x176 1/2 cm. Chaix, Paris.
Condition A-: minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. Two sheets.
Chéret designed more than forty posters for this department store in the 1880s. Despite being from a period before Chéret developed his full color palette, the image is infused with life and movement. Arguably one of Chéret's most charming images for the store, the poster has become exceptionally famous for its appearance as part of the set on the hit television series Friends, in Monica's apartment. Broido 699 and pl. 29, Maindron 528, Chéret 878.