AFFICHE à prix réduit VINTAGE LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE CHAIX LES FETES DE PARIS OPÉRA 1886

THIS AUCTION IS FORAN USED VINTAGE FRAMED PRINT TITLED "LES FETES DE PARIS, GRANDE REPRESENTATION DE GALA LOPERA NATIONAL, 1886, BY LES MAITRES DE LAFFICHE PL.50. IMPRIMERIE CHAIX (ENCRES LORILLEUX & Cie)"

APPROXIMATELY THE FRAME IS 18" TALL AND 13.75" WIDE.

a very clean lot. Embossed stamp (or watermark) of the Chaix at the bottom right corner.

Please do see the pics for the detailed condition.

From internet:

Imprimerie Chaix (The Printer)

"By the 1890s the streets of every great metropolis were enlivened by large colourful posters (see The Great Poster Movement). The poster had not only caught the fancy of the broad public, but its best examples were already being regarded as works of art (specifically, as fine prints) to be exhibited, reviewed in journals, collected and reprinted in a manageable form. In the last five years of the century, the Imprimerie Chaix was to à prix réduit play great part in codifying, hallowing and perpetuating the ebullient period of La Belle Epoque. It was in those years that the firm published "Les Maitres de lAffiche" (Masters of the Poster) reduced lithographic versions, in authentic colours, of the best posters of Europe and America, by more than 90 great artists, posters that bring the period to life." (Appelbaum p.iii)

Alain Weill, an authority in the field of poster history, points out that posters in this series had major appeal, in part, due to their manageable size: "At the time posters posed a problem which, moreover, has still not been solved, of how to keep, preserve and enjoy a collection consisting of very large size posters which one has to preserve rolled or flat in some large cabinet...("Les Maitres de lAffiche") provided a reduction of the most valued and the most widely known posters." (Masters p. 4)

The Publication

The "Les Maitres de lAffiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors.

Every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900, subscribers received by mail, 4 loose sheets (Maitres) with a cover sheet. It was sold in Paris for 2.50 francs for one months subscription, (4 Maitres) and for 27 francs for 12 months (48 maitres), plus special (bonus) plates (see Special plates). Maitres were never issued in a book form, but a binding of the 12 months Maitres was offered to subscribers, at the end of the year, with a beautiful hardcover design by Paul Berthon, for 8 Francs.

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