Original Cat Expo Lithographic Poster by Auguste Roedel, 1896

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Original very rare 1896 cat expo lithographic poster by auguste roedel.

117.7 x 79.5 cm ca. (full size, complete, not … Read more Original very rare 1896 cat expo lithographic poster by auguste roedel.

117.7 x 79.5 cm ca. (full size, complete, not cropped)

original lithograph

printed by henry sicard

condition b (backed on neutral paper, professionally restored by top italian lab)

public collection:
carnavalet museum, paris (ref aff 1661)

only one in the market since 2011

last auction result:
new orleans, april 9th, 2011 - sold for 5,166 usd

text:
"international feline exhibition/ the "journal" cat competition/ at the jardin d'acclimatation/ september 25, 26 and 27, 1896/ registrations are received, every day,/ either at the journal offices 106, rue richelieu (sic)/ or at the counters of the administration of the jardin d'acclimatation./ you can also register competitors by correspondence addressed either to mr/ the administrator of the journal, or to mr/ the director of the jardin d'acclimatation au bois/ of boulogne./ the animals must be brought or returned free of charge to the jardin d'acclimatation on/ friday september 25, in the morning before ten o'clock./ the registration lists will be closed on thursday september 24 at seven o'clock in the evening./ first big honorary prize/ la victoire, by a.charpentier, art bronze/ large model, worth 800f/ second grand honorary prize/ a luxury bicycle, worth 400f awarded to the most beautiful beast exhibited without distinction of categories./ grand prize/ offered by the acclimation zoological garden/ a gold medal, large module, awarded/ to the most beautiful animal exhibited in the first/ category (foreign cats)./ it will finally be awarded to each category:/ a first prize: gold medal./ a second prize: silver medal./ a third prize: bronze medal./ chemin de fer de l'ouest: get off at porte maillot " this piece has an attribution mark,
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