Full size sold for $ 9,775 US Poster Auctions International, N.Y. May 2006
"Cheret executed several posters for this popular establishment, always
with a delightful young woman in the spotlight, accompanied by the shadowy figure
of a gentleman in the background. What we learn from all the designs is that women
where able to enjoy indoor skating in full street clothes, including elaborate
hats, coats, and capes" (Gold p.90) "This
magnificent Palais de Glace design features the charms of an enravishing skater
whose sunny disposition all but melts the ice. Charles Matlack Price notes that
"The motion of the 'Palais de Glace' posters needs only the music to which
the carefree skaters disport themselves, gracefully balanced like birds on the
wing, or with tantalizing smile and beckoning arm, enticing the beholder to join
them (p.22)" (Rennert,
PAI-XXX, 160) |