Full size sold for $ 5,750 US
Poster Auctions International, N.Y. May 2000.
Eugenie Buffet
(French, 1866-1934)
"The image of Buffet walking down a snowy street, her hands stuffed
into her pockets and eyes burning intensely, is one of the classics
of poster art. "This is the earliest of three posters Metivet did
for this chanteuse; in all cases, he puts her on ordinary Paris streets
in the clothes of a Paris working girl, the persona she projected
in her performances" (Gold, p. 118). This prolific magazine and book
illustrator did few posters" (Rennert,
PAI-XXXVI, 418)
"This is the earliest of three posters Metivet did for this
chanteuse (a female singer of popular songs, french); in all cases
he puts her on ordinary Paris streets in the cloths of a Paris working
girl, the persona she projected in her performances." (Gold,
170)
"Metivet's work for a number of illustrated periodicals (including
Le Rire) won him a considerable
reputation… This poster is among the finest examples of French
poster art and deserves to be placed on a par with Toulouse-Lautrec's
masterpieces. The subdued colouring, the imaginative use of lettering,
and the expressive central figure all form a harmonious whole"
(Paris 1900, p.120)
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