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Artist: EMILE LEVY Size: 50 7/8 x 71 5/8 in./129.3 x 182 cm Imp. Emile Levy, Paris Two sheets of terrific: a Roman charioteer pilots three rampaging lions through the Nouveau Cirque, a Paris institution for 40 years from 1886 to 1926, owned by the co-founder of the Moulin Rouge. This was an upscale establishment: lit entirely by electric lights; formal wear was mandatory. This poster has a place in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris; evidently, the Nouveau Cirque's specialty was lions, as many posters of the venue feature "les Lions." None, however, are quite as ancien regime as this masterpiece. Levy, who was mainly a printer, often designed his own posters as well. (Circus; Cats; Animals)