Full size sold for $ 2,300 US
Poster Auctions International, N.Y. May 2000.
"Announcing new clothes for Spring, along with the arrival
of fresh violets and mimosa from the Riviera, the work is a lively
document of the styles and lifestyles of the era. Pean was a pupil
of Cheret, working under him at the Chaix printing firm and this
piece definitely reflects the master's influence. He specialized
in theatre and cabaret posters from around 1890 to 1905. After being
among the first to produce posters for the fledgling movie industry,
he faded into obscurity" (Rennert,
PAI-XXX, 92)
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