In the 1880s, poster art was just emerging from the drabness of letterpress announcements showing little but black type. Ch,ret's airy images were so startlingly bright and fresh on the walls of Paris that they attracted many admirers and earned his sprightly women the appellation of Chrettes. Note that this is the rare, unaltered version of the design that was rejected by the censors. Apparently this quartet of mermaids was too alluring for these puritanical restrictionists who were just beginning to flex their puritanical muscle at this time. They didn't accept the poster until Ch,ret lengthened their hair until it partly veiled their breasts. All known copies of this poster are unsigned.
Giclee Prints are printed on heavy matte finish 180gsm German art paper using the finest Canon archival inks. Entry Level Art Prints are printed on 250Gsm satin paper. Quality Frame with a single white matboard and Acrylic glazing.
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Stretched Canvas is stretched by hand over 1.5" thick pine bars and printed on cotton poly matte finish canvas. Each is canvas hand coated with Hahnemuhle UV/Archive coating, these are Swiss quality best in industry canvases.
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Artwork in this collection is from our own archives or licensed archives. Reproduction rights are reserved by the copyright owner. All of our prints' sizes refers to paper size. Our image sizes vary from image to image and respect the original ratio of the original poster. This means that there is a varying white border on all sides to keep the original ratio true to the original.
