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Lot Description

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

(French, 1859 - 1923)

Lait pur stérilisé

, 1894

lithograph

51 1/2 x 37 inches.

Property from Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California. Sold to Support the Care of Collections and the Mary Silver Fund for Acquisitions

Provenance:

Mary and Louis Silver French Art Poster Collection

Bequest of Mary Silver, Palm Springs, California

Lot Notes:
This is the most popular of all Steinlen images, and was used in England in advertisements for Nestle's Swiss Milk. Shown here is Steinlen's daughter Colette and three of the many cats that shared their Montmartre home. While most of Steinlen's oeuvre was devoted to expressing his socialist ideals in harrowing studies of France's poor, the artist's posters are full of bright, sentimental, and loving images like this one.

Condition Report

Framed: 63 x 46 inches.

Not examined out of frame, appears to be backed, surface dirt, two small losses no longer than ½ inch in length within extreme right edge.

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