La Fille Élisa; Conte de Noël, 1890

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series Title

Théâtre Libre

Medium

lithograph in light brown and red-brown on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet (program opened): 26.2 x 34.1 cm (10 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
sheet (program closed): 26.2 x 17 cm (10 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Atlas Foundation

Accession Number

1995.76.17

Artists / Makers

Jules Chéret (artist) French, 1836 - 1932

Image Use

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Inscription

center left in stone: J Chéret; upper left in stone: Courrier Français; lower left printed: Le / Courrier Français; upper right printed: Théâtre Libre; center right in stone: J Chéret; lower center printed: Décembre 1890; lower right printed: IMP. CHAIX, PARIS.; across left half verso printed: ...LA FILLE ÉLISA... / CONTE DE NOEL... / De la part de MM. Jean Ajalbert et Auguste Linert....

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Atlas, Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
Darzens, Rodolphe

Bibliography

1992: Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, 20, no. 8.

1998: Boyer, Patricia. Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 19, fig. 25.