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.
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.
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.
