JULES CHÉRET (1836-1932) ELDORADO. 1894. 48x33 1/4 inches, 122x84 1/2 cm. Chaix, Paris. Condition A-: expert restoration and restored losses in top margin and right corners. L'Eldorado, located on the Boulevard de Strasbourg, was the king of Parisian music halls. It was a huge, brilliantly decorated room where only the biggest stars were invited to perform (at the beginning of her career Mistinguett was deemed too vulgar to appear there). It is no wonder that such a mecca of performing arts, society and theater would inspire Chéret to create this brilliant allegory of dance and music. It is a classic Chéret image from his most ebullient period. Broido 216, Maindron 189, DFP-II 244, Meisterplakate 280 (var), Chéret 275.
