Jules Cheret : Jardin de Paris, Fete de Nuit Bal, 1890 (signed)

Jules CHERET (French, 1836–1932)
Jardin de Paris – Champs-Elysees, Spectacle Concert, Fete de Nuit Bal, 1890
Original lithographic poster in colours on wove paper, smaller format. Printed by Imp. Chaix (Ateliers Cheret), 20 rue Bergere, Paris.
Signed in the stone in the lower left.
Dimensions:
Sheet/Feuille: 82 × 57 cm (32 1/4 × 22 1/2 in.)

Very poor. Multiple folds and creases, including a horizontal central fold; tears and paper losses along the edges and at the corners, some extending into the image; water stains and foxing throughout, especially in the upper part; old repairs to the verso with reversible archival tape; pencil annotations to the verso. Sold as is, for restoration. Unframed.
References: Broido 251 (var.); Maindron 1896, 219 (var.); PAI-LXI, 217.
One of the many posters Cheret designed for the Jardin de Paris, the open-air concert and dance garden on the Champs-Elysees run by Charles Zidler, co-founder of the Moulin Rouge. The verso carries period pencil annotations identifying the poster and referring to Zidler.

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