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Auction History Result 7a0232 SOCIETE DES FETES DE PARIS linen 34x46 French special poster 1900s Meunier art, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/4/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Linenbacked French Special Poster (measures 33 3/4" x 45 1/2" [86 x 116 cm]) (Learn More) Societe Des Fetes De Paris (literally translates to "Paris Festival Society"), the circa 1900s French stock poster created to promote events, and featuring artwork by Georges Meunier. Note that this poster had a blank areas where specific event information could be overprinted. In the case of this poster, the event is a Fete De Nuit (Night Party) which took place on June 16th at the Bois de Boulogne (a park in Paris) which featured motorcycle and bicycle shows and contests. Artist: Georges Meunier Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this French poster! Note that this is an extremely rare pre-World War II French poster! Virtually no French posters survive from before, during, or right after World War II. Apparently there were many paper shortages in France during World War II, resulting in the destruction of almost all pre-World War II posters! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had a few tears and tiny areas of paper loss on parts of the folds and some pinholes around the edges. It had some faint brown stains scattered in the image, more so in the upper part of the image. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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