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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
JULES CHERET KOLA MARQUE. Circa 1895. 231/2x16 inches. Chaix, Paris. Condition B+: restoration along horizontal fold; creases in margins. Kola Marque was one of the many fortified wines available in turn-of-the-century France. These products, made with coca or coffee, were sold to stimulate the body and spirit —not as a medicine, however, but as an aperitif. Here Cheret depicts a North African dancer with a bottle in her hand. It is a simple poster, and his design is inhibited by the inclusion of too much text, which was a classic mistake made by early advertising clients. This is the smaller format. Broido 878.
