Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN - Les Maîtres de l’Affiche : Compagnie Française des Chocolats et des Thés, 1899 - Lithograph
Compagnie Française des Chocolats et des Thés, 1899
Lithograph on wove paper.
PLATE: PL. #170.
Signed in the plate lower right margin.
Blind stamp "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, Imprimerie Chaix" on the bottom right corner.
Dimensions :
+ Size of the sheet : 40 x 29 cm / 17,5 x 11,4 in.
+ Size of the image: 31 x 23,5 cm / 12,2 x 9,2 in.
Condition: In very good condition, with soft handling creases at the edges. Some light discoloration in the margins. Image very clean otherwise.
Issued from the famous set "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche".
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris.
"Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors. Every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900, subscribers received by mail, 4 loose sheets (Maitres) with a cover sheet.
Dimensions :
- Height : 40 cm
- Width : 29 cm
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen :
Born in 1859 in Lausanne, Steinlen is one of the greatest poster designers and illustrators of the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century. Settled in Paris in 1881, he enters The "Chat noir" cabaret the next year where he met Toulouse-Lautrec, Aristide Bruant, Vallotton, Alphonse Allais... He collaborates with the papers "Le Chat Noir" and "Le Mirliton", illustrates Paul Delmet and Richepin's songs and Aristide Bruant's collection "In the street" (Dans la rue). In 1885, he creates his first poster and his first exhibition in 1894. Close to anarchist and communist circles, many of his works denounciate social poverty of the time, then wartime. The artist died in Paris in 1923.
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