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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 · Music Hall Paris
Scala (Maurice Biais, 1900)
Maurice Biais · La Scala, 1900
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 Maurice Biais for the Scala, dated 1900 and printed by J. Minot, Paris. The BnF files it under music-hall revues and cafés-concerts.
Why it matters
Biais drew for the boulevard halls around 1900 in a flatter, more decorative hand than Chéret's.
What to notice
A younger hand on the same hoardings: Biais was born in 1872.
For one decade, the street was the gallery.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Maurice Biais
- Printer / house
- Impr. J. Minot, Paris
- Format
- Theater poster
- Poster published
- La Scala, 1900
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9014950t
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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