'LE MOULIN ROUGE, #55: MÉLINITÉ [=Jane Avril]. - ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY STEREO PHOTOGRAPH[s]; COLOURED FROM THE BACK, the left part delicately embossed and point-shape ornamentally refined to produce the waves of her dress.

AVRIL, Jane (Paris 1868-1943; Moulin-Rouge-Dancer, stagename 'MÉLINITÉ'; famous Model of famous Painter Henri de Tolouse-Lautrec):

Published by Paris, 'B. K. Edit.', not dated (ca. early 1890ies). / White stereo-photograph frame with blue 'LE MOULIN ROUGE' in ornaments at both sides and a small red windmill at the top, the coloured rear (unveiling its effects only against a light) is originally protected (within the frame) by thin halftransparent paper (9 x 18 cm overall)

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°°° [POST-BOOKFAIR-SALE: PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 28, 2026; previously EUR 650,-] --- RARE ORIGINAL OF AVRIL'S OFFICIAL MOULIN-ROUGE STAGE-PHOTOGRAPH; standing on and leaning against an unfolded ladder, wearing a yellow dress with red-green flowers and glossy spots that she pulls up over her left knee. - The rear-cardboard bears the old inscription '55 - Melinité' while the frontpart of the frame bears a younger inscription 'Melinité E-75'. --- A RARE JANE AVRIL ORIGINAL, only slightly aged. - Other Moulin-Rouge Stereo-Photographs of other dancers ('Chiquita', 'La Goulue'[Louise Weber], 'Paquerette', 'Margot' and 'Le Carnaval au Moulin Rouge') in stock. . .

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• Title: 'LE MOULIN ROUGE, #55: MÉLINITÉ [=Jane Avril]. - ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY STEREO PHOTOGRAPH[s]; COLOURED FROM THE BACK, the left part delicately embossed and point-shape ornamentally refined to produce the waves of her dress.
• Publisher: Paris, 'B. K. Edit.', not dated (ca. early 1890ies). / White stereo-photograph frame with blue 'LE MOULIN ROUGE' in ornaments at both sides and a small red windmill at the top, the coloured rear (unveiling its effects only against a light) is originally protected (within the frame) by thin halftransparent paper (9 x 18 cm overall)
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  • 63) Photographie / Film / Rundfunk: 19. Jh. / O...