Les Tziganes (The Gypsies)

Artist Jules Chéret French, 1836 - 1932

Dateca. 1888

MediumColor lithograph

DimensionsImage Size: 13 3/16 x 9 in. (33.5 x 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 3/16 in. (34.9 x 25.9 cm)
Matboard (Tobin's): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineThe Sparling Family Collection

Object number2014.2.17

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SignedLower right, just below the image area, but in the stone: "Chéret". Lower left, Lith.J.Cheret. 18 r. Brunet" printed in the stone

InscribedUpper right, in pencil: "B 508", verso in pencil, LR "Tres rare (R. 508) V/JE

DescriptionSheet music cover for the comic operetta "The Gypsies" with music by Johann Strauss. A proof of a handbill advertising the publication of songs by Armand Gouzien related to the Folies Bergere production of Les Tziganes, featuring the troupe of Daras Miska, who is shown playing the violin at center of the composition. Cheret produced serveral versions of this image in larger format advertising the production itself.Exhibition HistoryToulouse-Lautrec & Company: Prints from the Belle Époque, March 3 - May 27, 2012Provenanceby 2011, New York, NY, Posters Please
2011, Houston, TX, Tobin Sparling
2014, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust