?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
THÉOPHILE-ALEXANDRE STEINLEN (1859-1923) LE RÊVE. 1890. 32x24 1/2 inches, 81 1/2x61 1/2 cm. Gillot, Paris. Condition A / A-: minor tears at edges; minor creases in margins and image. Matted and framed. The first act of Leon Gastinel's ballet "The Dream," based on Japanese legend, involves a giant fan behind which the heroine is led by the Goddess Isanami. Steinlen incorporates the Japanese theme into his poster thus evoking the feeling of the production and capitalizing on an art style which was very popular at that time. DFP-2 779, Opera 28, Bargiel p. 35.
