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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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" |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Cheret "Lamant des Danseuses"Jules Cheret "L'Amant des Danseuses"
Plate #45
1896
Ref. #1652
$1,950 |  Cheret "Willette" |  Steinlen "Mothu and Doria" |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Cheret "Vin Mariani" |  Ibels "Mevisto" |  Toussaint "Le Sillon"Fernand Toussaint "Le Sillon"
Plate #80
1897
Ref. 1687
$1,950 |
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 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" |
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 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 |
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 Privat "Livemont Casino" |  Cheret "Fete de Charite" |  Hardy "Abbott"Dudley Hardy "Abbotts Phit-Eesi"
Plate # 92
1896
Ref. #1699
$1,595 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Cheret "La Diaphane"Jules Cheret "La Diaphane"
Plate #121
1898
REF. #1728
$2,950 |  Rehm "Laferme" |  Reed "Quest of the Golden" |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Bradley "Chap Book"Will Bradley "The Chap Book"
Plate #136
1898
REF. #1743
$1,595 |
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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.