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Alcazar d'Été, Les 4 Sœurs Martens, Chéret, 1888

Four sisters in red, hands on hips.

What

Jules Chéret's poster for the four Martens sisters at the Alcazar d'Été, printed by Chaix in Paris in 1888; Broido 169.

Why

A sister act sold as a single image: four girls in matching costume, one with a tambourine raised.

Notice

Black bodices over red sleeves, striped skirts and red stockings, repeated four times across the sheet.

“A café-concert act that would be forgotten without this poster.”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.

Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Jules Chéret
Printer: Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Alcazar d'Eté. Les 4 soeurs Martens, affiche, 1888
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9015107c

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Scan: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica; public domain. Hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Published 1888, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Jules Chéret; Commons reads Public domain with {{PD-France}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-X-expired}} {{PD-old-auto-expired}} {{PD-old-text}} {{SDC-PD-US}} {{SDC-PD-old}}. BnF Gallica scan: BnF asks for a licence for commercial reuse of its reproductions; flag for legal sign-off (the house already sells Gallica scans). Mark status dead is the registrar's reading of an old mark; no trademark search was run, so confirm before launch.

This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.