Full size sold for $ 4140 US Poster Auctions International, NY May 2002 "The
Olympia opened in Paris in April of 1893 as the first establishment to call itself
a "music-hall"
From the start, the Olympia exploited feminine allure
for all it was worth; whatever its various revues were called, they always featured
beautiful girls in revealing costumes
Pal, freshly arrived from London, was
a perfect choice to create one of Olympia's first show posters. His well-proportioned,
realistically drawn beauties projected a sensuality no other posterist could match"
(Gold p.112) |