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Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche

Title
Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche [graphic].
Publication
[Paris] : Imprimerie Chaix, [1895?-1900?]

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Additional Authors
  • Chéret, Jules, 1836-1932.
  • Imprimerie Chaix. pbl
Description
3 prints : lithograph, col.; 40 x 29 cm.
Summary
Reductions of contemporary posters by important poster artists.
Uniform Title
Maîtres de l'affiche.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Performing arts posters.
  • Lithographs.
Note
  • Each sheet bears at lower right the blind embossed stamp of Les maîtres de l'affiche, Imprimerie Chaix.
Source (note)
  • Lincoln Kirstein.
Biography (note)
  • Les maîtres de l'affiche was a monthly subscription series issued by Imprimerie Chaix from Dec. 1895 to Nov. 1900. The series comprised a total of 256 reductions of posters in authentic colors, issued in separate numbered sheets referred to as plates. Jules Chéret, the artistic director of Imprimerie Chaix, contributed most of the examples, but other major artists, among them Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile Steinlen, Alphonse Mucha, and Maxfield Parrish, are also represented.
Contents
Pl. 19. Yvette Guilbert. Tous les soirs, Scala / Bac, 1893 -- Pl. 57. Théâtre de l'Opéra. Samedi 30 janvier. 1er grand bal masqué / Chéret, 96 -- Pl. 165. Concert des Ambassadeurs ... / Jul. Chéret, 84.
Call Number
*MGZFD Mait 1-3
OCLC
792748924
Title
Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche [graphic].
Imprint
[Paris] : Imprimerie Chaix, [1895?-1900?]
Biography
Les maîtres de l'affiche was a monthly subscription series issued by Imprimerie Chaix from Dec. 1895 to Nov. 1900. The series comprised a total of 256 reductions of posters in authentic colors, issued in separate numbered sheets referred to as plates. Jules Chéret, the artistic director of Imprimerie Chaix, contributed most of the examples, but other major artists, among them Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile Steinlen, Alphonse Mucha, and Maxfield Parrish, are also represented.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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Source
Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.
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Added Author
Chéret, Jules, 1836-1932. Artist
Imprimerie Chaix. Publisher
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Donor
Added Title
Maîtres de l'affiche.
Research Call Number
*MGZFD Mait 1-3
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