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Lot 310: French Music Hall Poster

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Lot 310: French Music Hall Poster
<b>JULES CHERET (1836-1932)</b> <p> <b>310. Bal du Moulin Rouge.</b> 1889.
34 x 47 7/8 in./86.3 x 121.6 cm
Imp. Chaix, Paris
Cond B+/Slight creases. Framed.
Ref: Broido, 309; Maindron, 253; DFP-II, 181; MaÓtres, 53; Reims, 275; Wine Spectator, 6; PAI-XXXI, 342
The Moulin Rouge, which virtually single-handedly created the cancan craze, opened its doors on October 6, 1889, and this is the historic poster for that very occasion. (The same image was used again for the 1892 season.) The donkeys are not ChÈret’s imagination–the two shrewd creator/promoters, Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler, actually had girls riding donkeys outside to attract attention to the place. That soon became superfluous, as all Paris came to gawk at the display of frilly female underthings by high-kickers like La Goulue, La Torpille, Miss Rigolette, Hirondelle and others, ushering in the Naughty Nineties in a swirl of petticoats.
<b>Est: $4,000-$5,000.</b>
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