Cigale, Theatre de l’Opera-Comique
Artist: Maurice Leloir
Date: 1904
In this elegant 1904 poster for the French ballet Cigale, artist Maurice Leloir captures the frigid fate of one of the story’s central figures with remarkable sensitivity. The ballet, written by Henri Cain and set to music by the celebrated composer Jules Massenet, was performed at the Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique in Paris. Leloir’s lithograph was printed by Imp. Devambez, one of the foremost Parisian art printers of the early 20th century. The poster announced the première of Massenet’s Cigale—a divertissement-ballet evoking the poetic melancholy and grace typical of fin-de-siècle French theater.
Details
Artist: Maurice Leloir
Title: Cigale – Divertissement-Ballet de Henri Cain. Musique de J. Massenet
Date: 1904
Printer: Imp. Devambez, Paris
Theater: Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique, Paris
Size: 35 × 22 ¼ in (90 × 56 cm)
Print Type: Stone Lithograph
Condition: Nice Condition overall
Comments: Poster for the première of Jules Massenet’s Cigale, composed by one of the most popular French composers of his time.
Artist: PAL Printer: Chaix Imprimerie, Paris Size: 12 x 16″ / 30.5 x 40.6 cm On/Off Linen: Unlined Year: 1895-9 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition
OLYMPIA BY PAL FOR LES MAITRES DE L’AFFICHE
Les Maitres de l’affiche were stone lithographs printed by the Chaix Imprimerie in paris between the years 1895 and 1899. The celebrated the masters of the posters of that period. Paris for 4 plates to arrive every month. The plate is in excellent condition.
FOLIES BERGERE – MAURICE MILLIERE – c1890s – IMPRIMERIE CHAIX
Original triptych program printed in chromolithography by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris. Edited by Boudet.
The three-panel composition illustrates scenes from the Folies Bergère. The left panel shows circus performers including a clown and trained animals. The central panel features performers including a female rider and Pierrot in the traditional white costume with black buttons. The right panel depicts ballet dancers. The panels are surrounded by a green border and designed as a folded program format.
Maurice Millière (1871–1946) was a French illustrator and painter associated with the Belle Époque. He is known for his theatrical and poster work and for illustrations depicting Parisian life and stage subjects.
Printed by Chaix Imprimerie, Paris, a leading lithographic printer of the Belle Époque and closely associated with Jules Chéret.
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Artist: Maurice Millière (1871–1946)
Title: Folies Bergère (Triptych Program)
Printer: Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Publisher (Editeur): Boudet
Medium: Chromolithography
Format: Triptych, center fold
Size: 17 x 11.5 inches
Linen: Unlined
Condition: Nice condition; slight vertical fold at center as issued
Russian Ballet Sheherazade for Simplicissimus by Walter Schnackenberg 1913
Artist: Schnakenberg Printer: Simplicissimus, Austria Size: 11 x 15 ” / 28 x 38,1 cm On/Off Linen: On Linen Print Technique: chromolithograph Year: 1913 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition
Rare find of Walter Schnackenbergs drawing of Nijinsky’s Sheherazade in 1912-1913 season of the Russian ballet or Ballet Russes. Nijinskly’s primary partner during this period was Anna Pavlova. You can see from the photo of Nijinsky performing Sheherazade the costume is exactly the same. Rare on linen
Simplicissimus by Ludwig Kainer Holfballett 1913 original
Artist: Kainer Printer: Simplicissimus, Austria Size: 11 x 15 ” / 28 x 38,1 cm On/Off Linen: On Linen Print Technique: chromolithograph Year: 1913 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition
Ludwig Kainer was a painter and worked in cinema as a set designer.
Original small-format color lithographic plate from Les Affiches illustrees, reproducing Jules Cheret’s 1893 poster for the Folies Bergere ballet-pantomime Fleur de Lotus. The design is one of Cheret’s best-known theater/cabaret images of the early 1890s, advertising the production staged at the Folies Bergere, with text for the ballet-pantomime and its creators integrated into the composition. The original full-size poster was printed by Chaix, Paris in 1893, and this plate was issued shortly afterward in reduced format for collectors in the Affiches illustrees portfolios.
Title: Affiches Illustrees – Folies Bergere – Fleur de Lotus
Artist: Jules Cheret (1836–1932)
Date: 1893 (small-format plate after the original poster)
Publisher/Series: Les Affiches illustrees
Printer: (after 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: excellent
Comments: Classic Cheret Folies Bergere image in the Affiches illustrees collector’s format; strong color and excellent Belle Epoque cabaret subject matter.
SCALA — REVUE A POIVRE — JULES-ALEXANDRE GRUN — 1904
Original French cabaret poster for Scala – Revue a Poivre designed by Jules-Alexandre Grun for the Paris music hall La Scala. The lively composition reflects the theatrical atmosphere of the Paris cabaret and revue scene of the early twentieth century, with richly colored lithography and an energetic stage setting typical of Grun’s work.
Jules-Alexandre Grun (1868–1938) was one of the leading poster artists associated with Parisian cabarets and music halls, producing numerous posters for venues such as La Scala in the early 1900s. This design is generally dated to 1903–1904, and examples recorded in auction catalogues identify Charles Verneau, Paris as the printer. The poster has appeared in major poster auctions and is considered one of Grun’s well known music hall designs of the period.
Artist: Grun, Jules-Alexandre
Title: Scala – Revue a Poivre
Printer: Charles Verneau, Paris
Size: 35 x 49 inches / 89 x 124 cm
On / Off Linen: On linen
Print Technique: Lithograph
Year: 1904
Condition & Comments: Excellent condition on linen.
Au Cirque lithographs Henri de Toulouse Lautrec 1952
Artist: Lautrec, Henri de Toulouse Printer: Sauret, Monte Carlo Size: 9.8 x 12.6 ” / 25 x 32 cm On/Off Linen: Unlined Print Technique: chromolithograph Year: 1952 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition
Au Cirque a chromolithograhie or phototypie print on arches paper made in 1952 in Monte Carlo.
Au Cirque lithographs Henri de Toulouse Lautrec 1952
Artist: Lautrec, Henri de Toulouse Printer: Sauret, Monte Carlo Size: 9.8 x 12.6 ” / 25 x 32 cm On/Off Linen: Unlined Print Technique: chromolithograph Year: 1952 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition
Au Cirque a chromolithograhie or phototypie print on arches paper made in 1952 in Monte Carlo.
Au Cirque lithographs Henri de Toulouse Lautrec 1952
Artist: Lautrec, Henri de Toulouse Printer: Sauret, Monte Carlo Size: 9.8 x 12.6 ” / 25 x 32 cm On/Off Linen: Unlined Print Technique: chromolithograph Year: 1952 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition
Au Cirque a chromolithograhie or phototypie print on arches paper made in 1952 in Monte Carlo.
Au Cirque lithographs Henri de Toulouse Lautrec 1952
Artist: Lautrec, Henri de Toulouse Printer: Sauret, Monte Carlo Size: 9.8 x 12.6 ” / 25 x 32 cm On/Off Linen: Unlined Print Technique: chromolithograph Year: 1952 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition
Au Cirque a chromolithograhie or phototypie print on arches paper made in 1952 in Monte Carlo.
