Dec 15, 2010 - Sale 2234

Sale 2234 - Lot 15

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
JULES CHÉRET (1836-1932) PALAIS DE GLACE. 1896.
49 1/8x34 1/8 inches, 124 1/2x86 cm. Chaix, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses and creases in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds.
Here, the central figure is gently gliding across the ice, her body creating a diagonal across the poster. Her escort, as in all the posters in this series, is depicted in far less clarity and color. Broido 368, Maîtres pl. 17, DFP II, 256, Wine Spectator 19, Meisterplakate 48, Chéret 484.