Feb 12, 2015 - Sale 2373

Sale 2373 - Lot 254

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
JULES CHÉRET (1836-1932) GRANDS MAGASINS DU LOUVRE / JOUETS ETRENNES. 1891.
94 1/2x34 inches, 240x86 1/2 cm. Chaix, Paris.
Condition B-: tears, repaired tears, losses, creases and abrasions in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. Two-sheets.
Among Chéret's largest advertising accounts were Paris's larger department stores, including Les Buttes Chaumont and La Place Clichy. Here, Chéret employs an elongated format and creates, in his style that is often compared to Tiepolo, a cascade of children and toys. Sagot refered to this poster as "one of [Chéret's] masterpieces." Cheret 843, Reims 378, Broido 673, DFP-II 203, Maindron 560.