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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
A la Place Clichy, Exposition de Mai
Jules Chéret · A la Place Clichy, Exposition de Mai, 1887
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 A la Place Clichy department store and its May exhibition of goods.
Why it matters
The BnF dates it 1887 and files it under French department stores.
What to notice
A la Place Clichy. Exposition de mai.
For one decade, the street was the gallery.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Jules Chéret
- Printer / house
- Imprimerie Chaix (succursale Chéret), Paris
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- A la Place Clichy, Exposition de Mai, 1887
- 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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