Punch Grassot

Artist: Jules Cheret French (1836-1932)

Title: Punch Grassot

Plate: PL. 5

Description: Condition A.
Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series. 
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, 1896.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival museum mat, with framing labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat via Fedex. 
Certificate of Authenticity.

Maitre Sheet Size: 11 3/8 in x 15 3/4 in 29 cm x 40 cm

Price: $250.00

Full size sold for $ 4,600 US Poster Auctions International, NY. Nov 2003

 

"In this masterpiece of three-colour printing, Cheret subordinates the details of draftsmanship to the overall sweep of the scene. The design itself is rarely seen, with one of the artist's delightful women airily carrying tray of Grassot's best" (Rennert, PAI-XXXI, 389)