To promote the show "Backstage at the Opera" at the Musée Grévin, Chéret gives us a bevy of ballerinas so delicately pictured that one can almost feel the air stir with their lively pirouettes. This two-sheet poster, with the dancers approximately life-size, is one of Chéret’s masterpieces.
Imp. Chaix, Paris
literature: Chéret, 601; Broido, 467; Maindron 1896, 380; Maîtres, 37; DFP-II, 210; Reims, 315; Wine Spectator, 10; PAI-XCIII, 213