Musée Grévin, Pantomimes Lumineuses
Date1892
Artist
Jules Chéret
(French painter, draftsman, and printmaker, 1836–1932)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for Pantomimes Lumineuses
Les Maitres de L'Affiche, 1896, plate 41
Les Affiches Illustrees,1886-1895, plate 232
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 7 9/16 × 5 1/2 in. (19.2 × 14 cm)
sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 5/8 in. (31.1 × 21.9 cm)
sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 5/8 in. (31.1 × 21.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-206
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis poster was produced in 1892 to advertise the first public performance of a moving picture show, held at the Musée Grévin in Paris and presented as "optical theater." Titled Pantomimes Lumineuses, the presentation ncluded three cartoons, each consisting of 500 to 600 individually painted images and lasting about 15 minutes. The show remained at the Musée Grévin until 1900 by which time over 500,000 people had seen it.
