Aug 05, 2009 - Sale 2185

Sale 2185 - Lot 197

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
LUCIEN LEFÈVRE (1850-?) CAFÉ MALT. 1892.
48 1/2x34 1/2 inches, 124x88 cm. Chaix, Paris.
Condition B+ / A-: restoration and discoloration along vertical and horizontal folds.
A member of Cheret's design team at the Chaix printing plant, Lefevre created a number of posters which, while technically and artistically proficient in their own right, clearly reflect the style of his mentor. Here Lefevre uses Cheret's signature three-color process. Gold 57.