LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE
LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE
 Cheret "Casino d'Enghein"Jules Cheret "Casino d'Enghien" Plate #129 1890 Ref. #1446 $2,950 |  Carqueville "Lippincotts May"William Carqueville "Lippincott's May" Plate #44 1896 Ref. #1494 $1,950 |  Demonvel "Docteur Pierres"Boutet De Monvel "Docteur Pierre's Toothpaste' Plate #26 1894 Ref. #1420 $2,250 |
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 Gottlob "Salle du Figaro"Fernand Gottlob "Salle du Figaro" Plate #219 1899 Ref. #1431 $1,850 |  Hardy "A Gaiety Girl"Dudley Hardy "A Gaiety Girl" Plate #4 1896 Ref. #1611 $1,595 |  Fischer "Exhibition of Wilh. Soborg"Paul Fischer "Exhibition of Wilh. Soborg" Plate #84 1897 Ref. #1681 |
 Lautrec "Divan Japonais"Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "Divan Japonais" Plate #2 1896 $10,500 |  Moreau-Nelaton "Womans Art"Etienne Moreau-Nelaton "Second Exhibition for Women's Art" Plate #58 1895 Ref. #1419 $1,695 |  Witzel "Deutsche Kunst"Josef Rudolf Witzel "Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration" Plate #164 1898 Ref. #1421 $995 |
 Realier-Dumas "15 Exhibition"Maurice Realier-Dumas "Society Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture Galerie Georges Petit" Plate #226 1897 Ref. #1424 $1,950 |  Grasset "Salon des Cent"Eugene Grasset "Salon de Cent" Plate #98 1894 Ref. #1425 $2,950 |  Ceret "Special Plate 9"Jules Cheret "Original Design for "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" Plate #9 1899 Ref. #1444 $1,995 |
 Grasset "Napoleon"Eugene Grasset "Napoleon" Plate #126 1898 Ref. #1437 $2,450 |  Penfield "Harpers May"Ferdinand Penfield "Harper's Magazine - May" Plate # 115 1896 Ref. #1450 $1,595 |  Carqueville "August"William Carqueville "Lippincott's August" Plate #132 1898 Ref. #1494 $1,950 |
 Luce "Mevisto at the Scala"Maximilien Luce "Mevisto at the Scala" Plate #139 1891 Ref. #1451 $1,950 |  Cazals "Salon des Cent"Frederic-Auguste Cazals "Salon des Cents" Plate #15 1895 Ref. #1622 $1,950 |  Morrow "New Woman"Albert George Morrow "The New Woman" Plate #79 1897 Ref. #1495 $1,695 |
 Ellis "Gay Parisienne"Hyland Ellis "The Gay Parisienne" Plate #96 1897 Ref. 1497 $1,695 |  Lautrec "La Chaine Simpson"Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "La Chaine Simpson" Plate #238 1900 Ref. #1570 $8,500 |  Cheret "Job"Jules Cheret "Job: Papier a Cigarettes" Plate #1 1896 Ref. #1608 $2,950 |
 Cheret "L'arc en Ciel"Jules Cheret "L'Arc de Ciel" Plate #21 1896 Ref. #1605 $2,950 |  Price "An Artist's Model"Julius Price "An Artist's Model" Plate #3 1896 Ref. #1610 $1,595 |  Cheret "Punch Grassot"Jules Cheret "Punch Grassot" Plate #5 1895 Ref. #1612 $2,950 |
 Ibels "L'Escarmouche"H. G. Ibels "L'Escarmouche" Plate #6 1896 Ref. #1613 $1,950 |  Meunier "Cavour Cigars"Georges Meunier "Cavour Cigars" Plate #7 1896 Ref. #1614 $1,595 |  Defeure "Salon des Cent"Georges De Feure "Salon des Cent" Plate #10 1894 Ref. #1617 $2,250 |
 Lefevre "Cacao Lacte"Lucien Lefevre "Charles Gravier's Cacao Lacte" Plate #11 1896 Ref. #1618 $2,250 |  Rassenfosse "Grande Brasserie"Armand Rassenfosse "Grande Brasserie Van Velsen" Plate #12 1896 Ref. #1619 $995 |  Willette "L'Enfant Prodigue"Adolphe E. Willette "L'Enfant Prodigue" Plate #14 1896 Ref. #1621 $995 |
 Realier-Dumas "Incandescence"Maurice Realier-Dumas "L'Icandescence par le Gaz" Plate #23 1896 Ref. #1630 $1,595 |  Metivet "Eugenie Buffet"Lucien Metivet "Eugenie Buffet (Ambassadeurs)" Plate #22 1896 Ref. #1629 $995 |  Guillaume "Gigolette" |
 Meunier "Chemins de Fer"Georges Meunier "Excursions en Normandie et en Bretagne" Plate #31 1896 Ref. #1638 |  Meunier "Trianon Concert"Georges Meunier "Trianon Concert" Plate #62 1895 Ref. #1638 $1,595 |  Pal "Grand Ballet"PAL "Grand Ballet Brighton" Plate #35 1896 Ref. #1642 $2,950 |
 Woodbury "The Century"Charles H. Woodbury "The Century Magazine" Plate #32 1896 Ref. #1639 $1,950 |  Cheret "Les Coulisses de L'Opera"Jules Cheret "Les Coulisses de l'Opera" Plate #37 1896 Ref. #1644 $2,950 |  Noury "Grandes Fetes"Gaston Noury "Pour le Pauvres de France et de Russie" Plate #39 1896 Ref. # 1646 $995 |
 Willette "Cacao Van Houten"Adolphe E. Willette "Cacao Van Houten" Plate #43 1896 Ref. #1650 $995 |  Bonnard "La Revue Blanche"Pierre Bonnard "Le Revue Blanche" Plate #38 1896 Ref. #1645 $2,250 |  Cheret "Pantomimes Lumineuses"Jules Cheret "Pantomimes Lumineuses" Plate #41 1896 Ref. #1648 $2,950 |
 Cheret "Lamant des Danseuses"Jules Cheret "L'Amant des Danseuses" Plate #45 1896 Ref. #1652 $1,950 |  Cheret "Willette" |  Steinlen "Mothu and Doria" |
 Hardy "The Chieftain"Dudley Hardy "The Chieftain" Plate #48 1896 Ref. #1655 $1,595 |  Bradley "When Hearts are Trumps"Will Bradley "When Hearts are Trumps" Plate #52 1897 Ref. #1659 $1,950 |  "Puvis de Chavanne"Puvis de Chavannes "L'Enfance de Sainte Genevieve" Plate # 54 1897 Ref. #1661 $995 |
 Lefevre "Electricine"Lucien Lefevre "Electricine" Plate #55 1895 Ref. #1662 $1,950 |  Donnay "International"Auguste Donnay "Concours International de Chant, a Liege" Plate #59 1897 Ref. 1666 $995 |  Cheret "Theatre de L'Opera"Jules Cheret "Ier. Great Bal Masque" Plate #57 1896 Ref. #1664 $2,950 |
 Cheret "Paris Courses" |  Sattler "Pan"Joseph Sattler "Pan" Plate #67 1897 Ref. #1674 $1,595 |  Dalesi "Centennial"F. Hugo D'Alesi "Centenaire de la Lithographie" Plate # 66 1897 Ref. 1673 $1,595 |
 Schwabe "Rose Croix"Carloz Schwabe "Salon de la Rose + Croix" Plate #74 1897 Ref. #1681 $1,595 |  Gausson "Figaro"Leo Gausson "Figaro" Plate #71 1897 Ref. #1678 $1,595 |  Stowell "George Humphreys"Louise M. Stowell "George Humphrey's Bookstore" Plate #1683 1897 Ref. #1683 $1,950 |
 Cheret "Vin Mariani" |  Ibels "Mevisto" |  Toussaint "Le Sillon"Fernand Toussaint "Le Sillon" Plate #80 1897 Ref. 1687 $1,950 |
 Cheret "Pan"Jules Cheret "Pan" Plate #81 1875 Ref. #1688 $1,950 |  Lautrec "La Revue Blanche"Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "La Revue Blanche" Plate #82 1897 Ref. #1689 $10,500 |  Fischer "Wilhelm" |
 Cheret "Redoute des Etudiants"Jules Cheret "Redoute des Etudiants" Plate #85 1897 Ref. #1692 $2,950 |  Misti "Cycles Gladiator"Ferdinand Mifliez Misti "Cycles Gladiator" Plate #86 1897 Ref. #1693 $1,595 |  Hazenplug "Living Posters"Frank Hazenplug "Lining Posters" Plate #87 1897 Ref. # 1694 $995 |
 Privat "Livemont Casino" |  Cheret "Fete de Charite" |  Hardy "Abbott"Dudley Hardy "Abbotts Phit-Eesi" Plate # 92 1896 Ref. #1699 $1,595 |
 Reed "Miss T"Ethel Reed "Miss Traumerei" Plate #99 1898 Ref. 1706 $1,595 |  Oliva "Tropicuv Salon"Vaclav Oliva "Topicuv Salon" Plate #100 1896 Ref. # 1707 $1,595 |  Cheret "Flower Show at Bagnere"Jules Cheret "Fete des Fleurs Flower Show at Bagneres de Luchon" Plate #101 1890 Ref. #1708 $2,950 |
 Ibels "Pierrefort"H. G. Ibels "Pierrefort" Plate # 102 1897 Ref. #1709 $1,595 |  Demonvel "La petite"Boutet De Monvel "La Petite Poucette" Plate #106 1898 Ref. #1713 $1,950 |  Grun "Cafe Riche"Jules A. Grun "Cafe Riche" Plate #103 1898 Ref. #1710 $995 |
 Cheret "Quinquina Dubonnet"Jules Cheret "Quinquina Dubonnet" Plate #109 1898 Ref. #1716 $2,950 |  Realier-Dumas "Les Mumm"Maurice Realier-Dumas "Mumm's Champagne" Plate #111 1898 Ref. #1718 $1,950 |  Woodbury "Society of Painters"Charles H. Woodbury "Society of Painters in Watercolor of Holland" Plate #112 1898 Ref. # 1719 $995 |
 Cheret "Emilienne D'Alencon"Jules Cheret "Emilienne d'Alençon" Plate #113 1898 Ref. #1720 $2,950 |  Evenepoel "Antwerp" |  Cheret "Rabelais"Jules Cheret "Works of Rabelais" Plate #117 1898 Ref. #1724 $1,950 |
 Evenepoel "Antwerp"Henri J.E. Evenepoel "Anvers en son Exposition" Plate #116 1898 Ref. #1723 $1,595 |  Vallotton "Le Pepiniere"F. Vallotton "Ah! la Pe.... la Pe... la Pepiniere" Plate # 119 1898 REF. 1726 $1,950 |  Hyland "Harpers Magazine"Fred Hyland "Harper's Magazine" Plate # 120 1898 REF. #1727 $1,595 |
 Cheret "La Diaphane"Jules Cheret "La Diaphane" Plate #121 1898 REF. #1728 $2,950 |  Rehm "Laferme" |  Reed "Quest of the Golden" |
 Parrish "The Century"Maxfield Parrish "The Century Magazine" Plate # 123 1898 REF. #1730 $1,595 |  Defeure "Jeanne D'Arc"Georges De Feure "A Jeanne d'Arc" Plate #130 1898 REF. #1737 $995 |  Charpentier "Grande Tuilerie"Alex Charpentier "Grande Tuilerie d'Ivry" Plate #131 1898 REF. # 1738 $1,595 |
 Steinlen "Coupable"Theophile Steinlen "Le Coupable" Plate #134 1898 REF. #1741 $995 |  Cheret "Olympia"Jules Cheret "Olympia" Plate #133 1898 REF. #1740 $2,950 |  Lefevre "Absinthe Mugnier"Lucien Lefevre "Absinthe Mugnier" Plate # 135 REF. #1742 $1,595 |
 Mucha "Lorenzaccio"Alphonse Mucha "Lorenzaccio, a play in five acts and an epilogue by Alfred de Museet" Plate #114 1896 Ref #1869 $9,500 |  Defeure "La Lecture"Georges De Feure "La Lecture" Plate #8 REF. #1759 $995 |  Willette "Special Plate"Adolphe Willette "Impatience" Plate #4 REF# 1755 $995 |
 Willette "Champs"Adolphe Willette "Exposition Internationale des Produits du Commerce" Plate #142 1898 REF. #1749 $995 |  Denis "La Depeche"Maurice Denis "La Depeche de Toulouse" Plate #140 1898 REF. #1747 $1,595 |  Ibels "Bodiniere"H. G. Ibels "Exposition de H. G. Ibels a la Bodineiere" Plate #1745 REF. #1745 $1,595 |
 Bradley "Chap Book"Will Bradley "The Chap Book" Plate #136 1898 REF. #1743 $1,595 |
Les Maîtres de l’Affiche (The Masters of the Poster) refers to one of the most influential art publications in history. The 256 color plates that make up this suite represent a wide-ranging selection of outstanding original prints from the turn of the twentieth century, when this popular art form first reached its peak.
By the 1890’s the streets of French cities were enlivened by large, colorful posters. The poster had not only caught the fancy of the public, but its best examples were already being regarded as true works of art (specifically, as fine prints) to be exhibited, reviewed in journals, collected and reproduced in a more manageable form. In the last five years of the 19th century, Imprimerie Chaix was to play a great part in codifying, hallowing and perpetuating the ebullient spirit of the Belle Epoque. It was in those years that Chéret’s print shop published smaller chromolithographic versions (in authentic colors) of over 200 highly regarded posters of the times. These prints were created by more than 90 great artists, each bringing this fabulous period to life for us today. The renowned set of 256 prints were created by Imprimerie Chaix, forever to be known as a set as Les Maîtres de l’Affiche. Each print was rendered as a separate sheet measuring 11 x 15 inches. The set was compiled in a unique way. Every month for 60 months - from December 1895 through November 1900 - subscribers received a wrapper containing four consecutively numbered prints. On 16 occasions (each of the five Decembers, each of the Junes, and the March and September of the final three years) the monthly wrapper also contained a bonus plate, not a poster reproduction but a specially created lithograph. The compilation of this set of original prints makes up the complete suite known as Les Maîtres de l’Affiche.
A month’s offerings (four Maitres) could be had at the same price as an original poster by Toulouse-Lautrec, Cheret or the other greats of the poster era, being sold through print dealers at the time. This is not at all surprising since the larger posters were printed in quantity on ordinary paper and, to boot, the one-time art and plate costs were assumed by the company whose product it advertised; the dealers paid printers only for the overrun they wished to acquire. Hence, we must consider it normal that “Les Maitres de l’Affiche,” specially produced by means of lithography on quality paper, was offered for sale at the price of an original poster. The people did not perceive these two types of products as being in competition. They were infatuated with small prints and with this kind of compilation.