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Musée Grevin Theatre
Jules Chéret (French, 1836–1932)
1900
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; brush, crayon, spatter and pen lithograph with scraper work printed in five colors
Dimensions
123.2 x 84.6 cm (48 1/2 x 33 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number10.655
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
DescriptionPoster for Musée Grévin
Text (verbatim transcription of lettering): "MUSÉE GRÉVIN / THÉÂTRE / les Fantoches / de JOHN HEWELT / Tous les Jours de 3 á 6h et de 8h á 11h"
Condition: linen backed; tears around edges, some discoloration
Text (verbatim transcription of lettering): "MUSÉE GRÉVIN / THÉÂTRE / les Fantoches / de JOHN HEWELT / Tous les Jours de 3 á 6h et de 8h á 11h"
Condition: linen backed; tears around edges, some discoloration
InscriptionsInscriptions: signed by artist on stone "Chéret 1900"
Later inscriptions or marks: [As described] | | |
Later inscriptions or marks: [As described] | | |
Provenance1910, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession date: December 28, 2018)