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Primary
Jules Chéret
(Paris, France, 1836–Nice, France, 1932)
Printer
L. Chaix
(active)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1897
MediumColor lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 15 15/16 × 11 1/2 in. (40.5 × 29.2 cm)
Additional Dimension: 14 9/16 × 10 7/8 in. (37 × 27.7 cm)
Image: 14 9/16 × 10 7/8 in. (37 × 27.7 cm)
Additional Dimension: 14 9/16 × 10 7/8 in. (37 × 27.7 cm)
Image: 14 9/16 × 10 7/8 in. (37 × 27.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Alvin and Ethel Romansky, 1982.357
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1982.357
On View
Not on viewAs the technology of color lithography developed, businesses employed colorful posters to attract consumers’ attention. Using successive stones of bright colors in surprisingly modern shapes, Chéret creates an effect that from afar combines into a cohesive whole. The public immediately appreciated Chéret’s vibrant posters and hung them in their homes despite their commercial association
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