Les programmes du théatre libre.

Colour lithograph, 22,8 x 31,1 cm, wove paper 24 x 32,6 cm, signed in stone.

Under passe-partout.

2nd state (of 2) with text. The Théâtre Libre, founded by André Antoine, was a prominent Parisian theatre company between 1888 and 1893. It presented naturalism and was dedicated to producing plays in any and all genres that had not been produced before and often were considered too much of a risk to stage. The playbills and posters were designed by leading artists of the day with an un-glamorized, gritty realism that reflected the spirit of the theatre and its repertoire.