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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
Chocolat Menier, Girl Writing on a Wall (Bouisset, 1893)
Firmin Bouisset · Chocolat Menier, 1893
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 colour lithograph by Firmin Bouisset for Chocolat Menier, the girl writing on a wall, in the image variant with umbrella, dated 1893 and printed by Camis, Paris.
Why it matters
Menier kept this design in use for years, and the girl became the brand's own figure on French grocery walls.
What to notice
The BnF holds several variants; this is the one with the umbrella.
The grocer's wall was where most people first met colour lithography.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Firmin Bouisset
- Printer / house
- Impr. Camis, Paris
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Chocolat Menier, 1893
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9014963f
Live trademark
Menier — sold here as history, never adopted into this house’s own branding.
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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