SCALA / MARGUERITE DEVAL. Circa 1905. 31 1/2x23 1/2 inches. Ch. Wall, Paris. Condition B+: right margin trimmed; restoration and reparied tears in top and bottom margins; light vertical and horizontal folds. This poster for a one act play at La Scala, employs two vertical diagonals: one formed by the line of the walking stick, and the other by the lettering of "Scala" combined with the actress' skirt. Marguerite Deval was an extremely popular comic character and a tireless actress who performed at venues all over Paris (see# ). Here she plays in a sexy vaudeville show as a servant who becomes embroiled in a husband-wife-lover trio. If the image of the engaged couple in the background doesn't give this away, the title of the play does: "Quand il y en a pour deux" is the begining of a French expression, "when there's enough for two..." the end of which is "il y en a pour trois", "...there's enough for three". The message is clear. Wine Spectator, pl. 116.
