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Sat, Jan 26, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 1003

Jules Chéret

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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(French, 1836–1932)

[Palais de Glace/Champs-Elysées], 1894, signed in stone "J. Chéret ", Chaix, Paris, printer, color lithographic poster on two sheets, 92-1/2 x 33-3/4 in.; metal frame, 94 x 34-1/2 in.

Note:

The [Palais de Glace] in Paris was the place to see and be seen in the 1890s. Artificial ice rinks (made of hog lard and salt) had been in use since 1844, but with the advent of refrigeration at the end of the 19th century, ice rinks in Europe and the United States would abound.

Condition

Condition: B+, mounted on mulberry paper with lining wrapped to verso, possibly trimmed at top, folding creases with some ink loss, complex tear top right with possible related retouch in the word "Glace", other tears at top and into image left, toning, two stamps;

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