Folies-Bergère / Spectacle Varié. 1900.

ARTIST: LEONETTO CAPPIELLO (1875-1942) SIZE: 36 1/4 x 49 3/4 in./92 x 126.3 cm PRINTER: Imp Chaix, Paris DESCRIPTION: “The mission of this orange-haired dancer was to attract visitors at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair to come to the Folies-Bergère.... Cappiello chose a variant of the can-can dancer from his first Frou-Frou poster of the year before. Still rooted in his early caricature style, it is nevertheless an excellent poster, with its flat colors and eye-catching quality. The image was also issued in an edition of 100 copies, before letters (of which this is one), and an extremely limited silk edition of only 10 copies. Although all contemporary references make it clear that the Frou-Frou poster was Cappiello’s first, a black-and-white flyer was issued which proclaimed this to be ‘The First Poster of Cappiello.’ It is not clear if this was also issued in 1900” (Cappiello/Rennert, p. 39). (Artist: Cappiello; Entertainment; Art Nouveau)