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L'Horloge, Champs-Elysees, Les Fréres Leopold

Artist / Designer: Jules Chéret (French, 1836–1932)
Printer: Imp. J. Cheret et Cie (French)
1877
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Color lithograph; printed in black, red and green
Dimensions 60.5 x 41.4 cm (23 13/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Peter Thurwanger
Accession Number96.963
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsPosters

Catalogue Raisonné Paper conservation lab database ranks as a "4"
DescriptionPoster for a performance of the Leopold Brothers at the L'Horloge
Text (verbatim transcription of lettering): "L'HORLOGE / CHAMPS-ELYSÉES / Les Fréres / LEOPOLD"
Condition: backed with linen; image has been cropped-rounded at corners; folds across center, hole along center top edge, dirty
InscriptionsInscriptions: c.l., signed by artist, in stone "Chéret"; l.c., letterpress, "Imp. J. Cheret, 18, r. Brunel, Paris"
Provenance1896, gift of Peter Thurwanger, Roxbury, MA, through Louis Prang and Co., to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 9, 2019)