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Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche

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Title
Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche
Additional title: Maîtres de l'affiche
Names
Chéret, Jules, 1836-1932 (Artist)
Imprimerie Chaix (Publisher)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Subjects

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1895 - 1900 (Questionable)
Place: Paris
Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix
Table of Contents
Pl. 19. Yvette Guilbert. Tous les soirs, Scala / Bac, 1893 -- Pl. 57. Théâtre de l'Opéra. Samedi 30 janvier. 1er grand bal masqué / Chéret, 96 -- Pl. 165. Concert des Ambassadeurs ... / Jul. Chéret, 84.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFD Mait 1-3
Topics
Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944
Opéra national de Paris
Entertainers -- France -- 19th century
Performing arts posters
Genres
Prints
Posters
Notes
Acquisition: Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.
Biographical/historical: Les maîtres de l'affiche was a monthly subscription series issued by Imprimerie Chaix from Dec. 1895 to Nov. 1900. The series comprised a total of 256 reductions of posters in authentic colors, issued in separate numbered sheets referred to as plates. Jules Chéret, the artistic director of Imprimerie Chaix, contributed most of the examples, but other major artists, among them Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile Steinlen, Alphonse Mucha, and Maxfield Parrish, are also represented.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 3 prints : lithograph, col. ; 40 x 29 cm.
Each sheet bears at lower right the blind embossed stamp of Les maîtres de l'affiche, Imprimerie Chaix.
Description
Reductions of contemporary posters by important poster artists.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
French
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 792748924
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19608387
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 958ba780-fcdf-0132-a45a-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1836: Creator Born
  • 1895: Issued (Approximate)
  • 1932: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1895 - 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c75f7ba0-fce0-0132-c9d5-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c75f7ba0-fce0-0132-c9d5-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1895 - 1900). Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c75f7ba0-fce0-0132-c9d5-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c75f7ba0-fce0-0132-c9d5-58d385a7bbd0 | title= (still image) Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche, (1895 - 1900) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Selected plates from Les maîtres de l'affiche