[Wall size poster] Musée Grevin, Théatre les Fantoches de John Hewelt

Description

Very large wall sized vintage poster by Jules Cheret for the Musée Grevin, a wax museum which opened in 1882 and used this very popular design to advertise puppet shows and other spectacles. The Musée Grévin still exists and is located on the Grands Boulevards in the 9th arrondissement on the right bank of the Seine, at 10, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, France.  It was founded in 1882 by Arthur Meyer, a journalist for Le Gaulois, on the model of Madame Tussauds founded in London in 1835 and named after its first artistic director, caricaturist Alfred Grévin. It is one of the oldest wax museums in Europe.

References: Broido, The Posters of Jules Cheret, Catalogue Raisonne. 1981

Collections:
National Gallery Australia: Accession no NGA 80.4032