DESCRIPTIONS
For an explanation of how the posters are described and a guide to the symbols used, please refer
to the section “Supplemental advice” which appears at the beginning of the catalogue.
MONSTERS & MAIDENS
A FILM POSTER COLLECTION
Public Auction Sale 2299 December 18, 2012 1:30 pm
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2
DESIGNER UNKNOWN
2 •
ALCAZAR D’ÉTÉ. Circa 1895.
47
x34
1
/
4
inches, 119
1
/
2
x87 cm. Ch. Levy, Paris.
Condition B+ / B: restored losses, abrasions, restoration and overpainting along vertical and horizontal folds; creases
in margins and image.
“
This upside down dance well illustrates the fragile man to woman relationship and the inherent risk of the
woman finding herself on the floor” (Beauty and the Beast p. 10). Beauty and the Beast p. 10.
[500/750]
AUGUSTE ROUBILLE (1872-1955)
3 •
SCALA EN BOMBE! 1903.
46
x31
1
/
4
inches, 116
3
/
4
x79
1
/
2
cm. Charles Verneau, Paris.
Condition B+ / B: restored losses in central image, light creasing throughout; repaired tears and foxing in margins;
loss in upper left edge.
Roubille was an illustrator for many of Paris’ turn-of-the-century magazines, and his unique and instantly
recognizable style is characterized by bright, flat colors, sharp outlining and a great sense of caricature. Here,
for a show at a popular theatre entitled “On a Spree!” he plays into the fantasy of men whisking women away.
Whether the man’s intentions are sinister or not is hard to tell from the poster. Beauty and the Beast p. 14.
[600/900]