Lot 523: Champs-Élysées Skating Rink.

In the age before disco balls and spandex, roller skating was a sophisticated, romanticized activity. In fact, this poster claims that the rink on the Champs-Élysées was "where elegant people meet," as is also evident in the accompanying image of a well-to-do couple gliding along on wheels like figures in a Chéret ice skating poster.

38 3/4 x 54 5/8 in./98.2 x 139 cm

1910

B/ Tears at folds.