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Folies Bergere Fleur de Lotus Jules Cheret 1893 Affiches Illustrees lithograph. Folies Bergere – Fleur de Lotus – Jules Cheret – Affiches Illustrees – 1893. Title: Affiches Illustrees – Folies Bergere – Fleur de Lotus. Publisher/Series: Les Affiches illustrees. Size: approx. 8.5 x 11.8 in. PosterFrance - Poster Classics With locations in France and the USA, selling vintage French and Italian posters for over 30 years Folies Bergere – Fleur de Lotus – Jules Cheret – Affiches Illustrees – 1893. Original small-format color lithographic plate from Les Affiches illustrees , reproducing Jules Cheret’s 1893 poster for the Folies Bergere ballet-pantomime Fleur de Lotus . The design is one of Cheret’s best-known theater/cabaret images of the early 1890s, advertising the production staged at the Folies Bergere, with text for the ballet-pantomime and its creators integrated into the composition. The original full-size poster was printed by Chaix, Paris in 1893, and this plate was issued shortly afterward in reduced format for collectors in the Affiches illustrees portfolios. Title: Affiches Illustrees – Folies Bergere – Fleur de Lotus Artist: Jules Cheret (1836–1932) Date: 1893 (small-format plate after the original poster) Publisher/Series: Les Affiches illustrees Printer: (after Chaix, Paris; as per the original poster) Size: approx. 8.5 x 11.8 in. (21.5 x 30 cm) sheet, standard Affiches illustrees plate format Print type: Original color lithograph, small-format plate Condition: [insert your grading] Comments: Classic Cheret Folies Bergere image in the Affiches illustrees collector’s format; strong color and excellent Belle Epoque cabaret subject matter. About us: Poster France LLC and Poster Classics SRL have been selling vintage posters for the last 30+ years. We've just relocated from the French Alpes to Cape Cod and Sarasota. What started out as a collecting hobby in 1980's quickly became a large collection and then a wholesale, then a retail business. Vintage travel posters, Theatre posters, anything that is Vintage poster we are interested. We are Specialists in French and Italian Poster Art. We have acted as experts in Antique posters for the Financial Times of London, Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Daily Express, Antiques Roadshow and Museums and private collections and more. Enjoy your visit to our online sales and if you have any questions please feel free to write us