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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
Le Grand Siècle de l’Affiche · The Masters
Grands Magasins du Louvre, Jouets 1891
Jules Chéret · Grands Magasins du Louvre, Jouets 1891, 1890
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A Chéret lithograph for the Grands Magasins du Louvre, announcing toys and New Year gifts for 1891.
Why it matters
Signed and dated Chéret 90 in the stone, printed at Chaix.
What to notice
Grands magasins du Louvre. Jouets, étrennes 1891.
For one decade, the street was the gallery.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Jules Chéret
- Printer / house
- Imprimerie Chaix (ateliers Chéret), Paris
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Grands Magasins du Louvre, Jouets 1891, 1890
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, via Gallica and Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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