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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
JULES CHÉRET (1836-1932) THÉÂTRE DE L'OPÉRA / CARNAVAL. 1894. 48x33 3/4 inches, 122x86 cm. Chaix, Paris. Condition B / B+: restored losses and restoration in corners and margins; repaired tears at edges, slightly affecting image; Advertising a ball at the Paris Opera, Cheret uses a diagonal composition to build one of his exquisite ascendant crowd movements in the style of Tiepolo. The viewer's eye is further drawn to the diagonal by the color composition, in which the colors (and the detail) fade from bright and lively in the foreground to muted, fuzzy blues in the background. Although not intended to be a decorative panel, this poster was originally printed without lettering. Because it was slated to be used for three different masked balls (on the 6th and 20th of January and then on the 3rd of February). For each of these events the lettering was added afterwards. Broido 289, Maindron 246, DFP-II 236.
