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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
Librairie Ed. Sagot, Affiches et Estampes
Jules Chéret · Librairie Ed. Sagot, Affiches et Estampes, 1891
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 Edmond Sagot’s bookshop at 18 rue Guénégaud, dealer in posters and prints.
Why it matters
The BnF files it under the print trade and dates it 1891.
What to notice
Librairie Ed. Sagot, 18 rue Guénégaud. Affiches, Estampes.
The year the street poster became something you could buy.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Jules Chéret
- Printer / house
- Imprimerie Chaix (succursale Chéret), Paris
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Librairie Ed. Sagot, Affiches et Estampes, 1891
- 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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