Feb 11, 2016 - Sale 2405

Sale 2405 - Lot 398

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
JULES CHÉRET (1836-1932) PALAIS DE GLACE. 1896.
46 3/4x34 1/4 inches, 119x87 cm. Chaix, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image; restored losses in margins; restoration and darkening along vertical and horizontal folds.
Between 1895 and 1900, Chéret designed a gallery of skating girls, sometimes depicted alone and sometimes with a companion, for the Palais de Glace, an ice-skating rink located on the Champs-Élysées. Broido 368, Maitres pl. 17, DFP-II 256, Wine Spectator 19, Art Nouveau p. 77, Cheret 484,