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Cendrillon

Poster
1889 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster advertising a performance of the opera Cendrillon at the Theatre National de L'Opéra-Comique, Paris. An art nouveau design, featuring a woman and a bird, has had its figurative elements transformed on the sheet into a single organic pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCendrillon
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph poster advertising a performance of the opera 'Cendrillon' at the Theatre National de L'Opéra-Comique, Paris. An art nouveau design, featuring a woman and a bird. Devambez. Paris. 1889.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising a performance of the opera Cendrillon at the Theatre National de L'Opéra-Comique, Paris. An art nouveau design, featuring a woman and a bird, has had its figurative elements transformed on the sheet into a single organic pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 79.2cm
  • Width: 59.8cm
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE L'OPÉRA-COMIQUE / CENDRILLION / CONTE de FÉES (d'apres PERRAULT) / PAR HENRI CAIN / MUSIQUE DE J. MASSENET (Part of design.)
  • DEVAMBEZ Grav.-Imp., PARIS. (Bottom-right corner, below design.)
Credit line
Given by Noel D. Sheffield
Historical context
The opera, produced in Paris, 25th May 1899, was adapted by H. Cain from a story by Perrault.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950
Collection
Accession number
E.527-1939

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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