THE LOST BAR

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Alcazar d'Été, Revue Fin de Siècle, Chéret, 1890

A harlequin dancer cuts across the year 1890.

What

Jules Chéret's poster for Revue Fin de Siècle by Léon Garnier, costumes by Landolff, at the Alcazar d'Été, printed by Chaix in Paris in 1890; Broido 170.

Why

A revue named for the end of the century, ten years early, with a dancer in diamonds and feathers.

Notice

The lettering ALCAZAR D'ÉTÉ climbs diagonally in yellow, and a pale face watches from the shadows on the left.

“Paris naming its own mood before the decade had begun.”

Format

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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. Revue Fin de siècle, affiche, 1890
Source
Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b90152833
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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 1890, 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.

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