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Quinquina Dubonnet. Apéritif Dans tous les Cafés

Poster
1895 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jules Chéret (artist)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Jules Chéret (1836-1932) is known as the Maître de l'Affiche, or the 'Father of the poster'.This is primarily due to his groundbreaking developments in the colour lithographic process, but can also be attributed to his prolific output and ostentatious style: Chéret was capable of rendering even the most banal of subjects sensational.

Here advertising the apéritif, Quinquina Dubonnet, Chéret has drawn on one of his compositional standbys: an attractive and fashionably dressed young woman holding a bottle of the advertised product.

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Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
TitleQuinquina Dubonnet. Apéritif Dans tous les Cafés (popular title)
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph on paper
Lithographic Ink
Paper
Colour Lithography
Planographic Printing
Brief description
Jules Chéret. 'Quinquina Dubonnet. Apéritif Dans tous les Cafés'. Coloured lithograph. Paris, 1895.
Physical description
A young woman in a green and white dress, with a white cat on her lap (cat wearing a red ribbon and bell around its neck), holds a bottle of Quinquina and a glass.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1240mm
  • Width: 874mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • J Chéret 95 (Signed and dated)
  • V.A.M (Stamped lower left)
  • '49' (Number on a sticker lower left)
  • Quinquina Dubonnet Apéritif Dans tous les cafés
  • Imprimerie Chaix (ateliers Chéret) Rue Bergére, 20, Paris, 11, 156-95 (Encres Lorillieux) (Left-hand side)
  • République Française stamp (upper right)
Subjects depicted
Cat
Alcohol
Summary
Jules Chéret (1836-1932) is known as the Maître de l'Affiche, or the 'Father of the poster'.This is primarily due to his groundbreaking developments in the colour lithographic process, but can also be attributed to his prolific output and ostentatious style: Chéret was capable of rendering even the most banal of subjects sensational.

Here advertising the apéritif, Quinquina Dubonnet, Chéret has drawn on one of his compositional standbys: an attractive and fashionably dressed young woman holding a bottle of the advertised product.
Bibliographic references
  • Coutts, Howard and Claire Jones Toulouse Lautrec and the art of the French Poster. Bowes Museum, 2004. 53 p., ill. ISBN 0954818202.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2406-1938

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Record createdJuly 18, 2007
Record URL
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