Ah! La Pé... La Pépinière
1893 · Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Félix Vallotton (1865–1925)
- Year
- 1893
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster)
- Original size
- 39 × 29 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, reduced plate)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
- Series
- Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
A crowd of grinning, applauding men in black leans over a red balcony rail, one old gentleman reaching out with both hands, above the lettering for a revue at the Concert de la Pépinière near the Gare Saint-Lazare. Félix Vallotton, the Swiss member of the Nabis, designed the poster for the revue by Albert Pajol and Adolphe Couturet. This is plate 119 of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, printed by Chaix.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Black, orange and cream, for a bar corner, media room or study at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or charcoal wall and pairs with Ibels's Mévisto.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1893)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- 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.




















