Lot 153
153
Jules Chéret (1836-1932)
Jules Chéret (1836-1932)

L'EAU DES SIRÈNES

Details
Jules Chéret (1836-1932)
L'EAU DES SIRÈNES
lithograph in colours, 1888, printed by Chaix, Paris, condition B-; backed on linen
67 x 47in. (171 x 120cm.)
Literature
Broido, no.925

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Lot Essay

This quartet of mermaids was deemed too alluring for the censors who requested that Chéret lengthen the mermaid's hair to partially veil their breasts. He did so, making this unsensored and unpublished version particulary rare.

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