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La Revue Déshabillée, Ambassadeurs, Willette, 1894

A shadow seizes a dancer.

What

Adolphe Willette's poster for La Revue Déshabillée by Jean d'Arc, every night at the Ambassadeurs, printed by the Imprimerie du Courrier Français in 1894; the BnF sheet measures 60 by 40 cm.

Why

A revue billed as undressed, drawn as a dark shape chasing a girl through the night.

Notice

The shadow has white eyes and a cocked hat, and small figures and a mask scatter in the clouds below.

“Willette's Montmartre humour, printed on pale blue.”

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

$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Adolphe Willette
Printer: Imprimerie du Courrier Français, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: La Revue déshabillée de Mr Jean d'Arc. Tous les soirs aux Ambassadeurs affiche, A. Willette, affiche, 1894
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b90175541

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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 1894, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Adolphe Willette; Commons reads Public domain with {{CC-Zero}} {{Cc-zero}} {{Gallica}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US}} {{SDC-PD-US}}. 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.

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