Halle aux Chapeaux
1892 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Jules Chéret (1836–1932)
- Year
- 1892
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 125 × 86.5 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A woman in a red hat with a towering plume holds a child in a sailor cap, a man in a top hat beside them, under the lettering "Halle aux Chapeaux, les plus élégants pour hommes, dames et enfants, depuis 3 fr. 60, 17 rue de Belleville". Jules Chéret designed the poster in 1892 for the hat shop in Belleville, a working-class quarter, and made the family, their hats and the price the whole subject. The red, the yellow and the pale blue ground are printed in his overlapping spatter by Chaix, Paris. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A red-hatted mother and child in pale blue and yellow, for a hallway, landing or hat shop at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or cream wall and pairs with La Diaphane.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1892)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
