Aug 07, 2002 - Sale 1941

Sale 1941 - Lot 441

Price Realized: $ 2,990
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
LES AFFICHES ILLUSTRES. Two plates. 1896.
Each approximately 12 3/4x8 inches. Chaix, Paris.
Condition varies, generally A.,
Jane Avril / Jardin de Paris<>, and Reine de Joie<>. Written by Ernst Maindron, Les Affiches Illustres<> was one of the 19th century's most definitive poster reference sources about French posterists (excluding Mucha, who had barely made the scene in 1895), profusely illustrated with 64 color and 102 images of posters in black and white. The series was limited to only 1050 copies.