Dec 15, 2005 - Sale 2062

Sale 2062 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 2,070
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
JULES CHERET (1836-1932) PASTILLES GERAUDEL. 1896. [Courrier Francais Supplement, January 19, 1896]
22x151/2 inches. Chaix, Paris.
Condition B+: tears in margins, some affecting image; vertical fold. Paper.
Jules Roques, the owner of the magazine Le Courier Français, was among the most fervent believers in Cheret's work. At one point, he rented the entire curtain of the Theatre des Ambassadeurs, one of the biggest music halls in Paris, and covered it from top to bottom with Cheret's posters, with the name of his publication across the top. Even more ambitiously, he would regularly publish supplements to his magazine which were reductions of posters, the majority of which were designs by Cheret. Although much smaller than the originals, they are of equal quality as they were printed by Chaix under the personal direction of Cheret. Broido 911.