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Grand Theatre de l’Exposition – Palais des Enfants – Jules Cheret – Affiches Illustrees – 1889.
Original small-format color lithographic plate from Les Affiches illustrees, reproducing Jules Cheret’s 1889 poster for the “Grand Theatre de l’Exposition / Palais des Enfants.” The image advertises the children’s theatre and entertainments at the 1889 Paris Exposition, listing opera-comique, ballets, pantomimes, clowneries, and marionettes. Cheret’s composition, with its bright, playful Belle Epoque style, was created for the Exposition venue near the Eiffel Tower and printed by Chaix for the original large poster; this reduced-format plate was issued shortly afterward for collectors in the Affiches illustrees portfolios.
Title: Affiches Illustrees – Grand Theatre de l’Exposition – Palais des Enfants
Artist: Jules Cheret (1836–1932)
Date: 1889 (small-format plate after the original poster)
Publisher/Series: Les Affiches illustrees
Printer: (after Imp. Chaix, Paris, as per the original poster)
Size: approx. 8.5 x 11.8 in. (21.5 x 30 cm) sheet, standard Affiches illustrees plate format
Print type: Original color lithograph, small-format plate
Condition: [insert your grading]
Comments: Cheret’s well-known 1889 Exposition children’s theatre poster in the Affiches illustrees collector’s format; strong period entertainment subject and classic Cheret color.
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Poster France LLC and Poster Classics SRL have been selling vintage posters for the last 30+ years. We've just relocated from the French Alpes to Cape Cod and Sarasota. What started out as a collecting hobby in 1980's quickly became a large collection and then a wholesale, then a retail business. Vintage travel posters, Theatre posters, anything that is Vintage poster we are interested. We are Specialists in French and Italian Poster Art.
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