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MISTI (FERDINAND MIFLIEZ, 1865-1923) FETE DE NEUILLY. 1903. 53 1/8x41 inches. Condition B+: restored right margin; repaired tears in margins; overpainting in right and bottom margins; minor restoration along sharp vertical and horizontal folds. Like most of the poster artists of his generation Misti was basically a painter who switched to the nascent medium of lithography because the popular new outdoor advertisers were looking for talent. He ultimately created a large number of posters for cycles, liqueurs and department stores. For several years in a row, he also produced the posters for the Fete de Neuilly (or Fete a Neu-Neu), a festival in the neighborhood where he lived. (This popular fair, which stretched from the Porte Maillot to the Seine, continued through the 1960s.) For this nighttime scene, Misti, in his usual, classic style, depicts an elegant woman and her suitor, intriguingly illuminated by the lights of their Japanese lanterns, against the nocturnal background of a throng of people enjoying themselves. As Neuilly is located in the fashionable west side of Paris, the fair was generally attended by the upper classes, and this poster is clearly aimed at them.
