Artist: Firmin Bouisset French (1859-1925)
Title: Chocolat Menier
Plate: PL. 47
Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series.
Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, 1896.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival museum mat, with framing labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat.
Maitre Sheet Size: 11 3/8 in x 15 3/4 in 29 cm x 40 cm
Price: Temporarily out of stock
I can usually source this poster. If you are interested please contact me. GregFull size sold for $ 10,350 US Poster Auctions International, NY. Nov 2010
"The most well known of Chocolate poster designs of the period, and one of the most sought after of the Maitre series" Greg Yaneff
"This became one of the best internationally known examples of an image associated with a product. It subsequently went through many printings, with changes in text and languages as well minor design alterations, but the basic message of the pigtailed graffiti artist made an indelible, endearing impression that stayed with the firm for decades" (Rennert, PAI-XXVI, 299)
"Bouisset studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris and went into portraiture, specializing in children; he even designed murals for children's rooms…His design for Chocolat Menier became one of the most appealing images ever associates with a company … it's an eloquent masterpiece of poster design" (Wine Spectator, 143)