Dec 19, 2007 - Sale 2133

Sale 2133 - Lot 12

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
JULES CHÉRET (1836-1932) PASTILLES GERAUDEL. 1896. [Courier Français Supplement, January 19, 1896]
22 1/2x15 inches. Chaix (Ateliers Cheret), Paris.
Condition A-: horizontal fold (as issued); repaired tear in lower right corner.
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 that were smaller versions 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.