Transcribed
from an 1893 poster advertising the performer Yvette Guilbert at a Cafe Concert venue called Scala. Colorful
blue, red, yellow, green, orange, and black ink. Lifetime impression after Ferdninand Bac; plate 19 for
the Maîtres de l’Affiche series.
Transcribed from Bac's full-size 1893 poster of the same title by artisans at Atelier Chéret and issued as plate
19 (of 256) in the series Les Maîtres de l’Affiche (The Masters of the Poster), bearing the blindstamp
of the monogram (Lugt 1777c) in the sheet lower right. Published by Jules Chéret and printed at Impremiere Chaix (Atelier
Chéret), Paris.
- Artist: Ferdinand Bac
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Title: Scala - Yvette Guilbert, plate 19 from Les Maîtres de l’Affiche
- Year of publication: 1896
- Image size: 14-1/8 inches H x 5-3/4 inches W (35.9 cm x 14.6 cm)
- Sheet size: 15-7/16 inches H x 11-3/8 inches W (40 cm x 29 cm)
Framed in antiqued
gold moulding and finished with indigo matting. Blindstamp visible in the lower right. All materials are acid free. Set behind
an UV-resistant acrylic cover. Frame size is 23-1/2 inches H x 19-1/2 inches W (59.7 cm x 49.5 cm).
Price is $420 USD.
J D Smith Fine Art will provide a Certificate of Authenticity for the piece. $40 shipping
on this piece to North America. Please contact us for shipping to Europe. Insurance
included in shipping.
