Feb 07, 2002 - Sale 1924

Sale 1924 - Lot 383

Price Realized: $ 2,990
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
MUSEE GREVIN / LE JOURNAL LUMINEUX. 1900.
49x34 7/8 inches. Chaix, Paris.
Condition B: restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; restored losses, repaired tears and restoration along edges, affecting image.
There are at least four known variations of this image, the most common being the one without text. With text there are the advertisements for les Fantoches de John Hewelt<>, a puppet show, Fete des Artistes<> and this, the rarest, Le Journal Lumineux<>. The Musee Grevin was a museum which held special events to boost attendance, the Journal Lumineux<> was a multi-media production involving actors and a slide show. Not in Broido.