Le Grand Siècle de l’Affiche · Les Maîtres de l’Affiche
Maîtres de l'Affiche, Vol. 1, Plate 46 — Steinlen
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen · Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, vol. 1 (Imprimerie Chaix, Paris), 1895
What it is
Plate 46 of the first volume of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, the monthly lithographic series Jules Chéret ran through the Imprimerie Chaix in Paris to put reduced versions of the great street posters into subscribers' portfolios.
Why it matters
Steinlen worked in flat, poster-scaled colour and heavy contour, the drawing built to read at pavement distance and losing none of that punch at plate size.
What to notice
Steinlen's cabaret poster, shrunk to a collector's plate and printed on Chaix's presses.
For one decade, the street was the gallery.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
- Printer / house
- Imprimerie Chaix
- Format
- One-sheet
- Poster published
- Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, vol. 1 (Imprimerie Chaix, Paris), 1895
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
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 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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