Le Grand Siècle de l’Affiche · Les Maîtres de l’Affiche
Pl 175 - Paul Berthon
Paul Berthon · Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, vol. 4, 1895
What it is
Plate 175 from volume 4 of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, sourced from Gallica.
Why it matters
The file page gives the date as 1895, though its categories also reference 1898 - the exact year is not settled on the page, and the 1899 in the candidate list is not supported. Berthon worked in the softer, more botanical register of Art Nouveau, closer to pastel than to poster ink, with lettering absorbed into the plant forms.
What to notice
Berthon's stringed-instrument reverie in tendril-tangled Art Nouveau, printed landscape-wide.
For one decade, the street was the gallery.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Paul Berthon
- Printer / house
- Imprimerie Chaix
- Format
- One-sheet
- Poster published
- Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, vol. 4, 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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