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Halfsheet, the poster is for a gala evening held at the Théâtre du Palais de Chaillot to benefit the restoration of the Hameau de la Reine (the Queen's Hamlet) at Versailles
. The event, titled "La Nuit du '12 au 13'," took place on a Friday, June 12th. A search of the text on the poster suggests the event may have taken place in 1953. The program included original texts by several notable French writers, including Sacha Guitry, and was presented by André Khan with the orchestra of Edward Checkler.
Restoration efforts for the Hameau de la Reine have taken place multiple times throughout history, including a major campaign by Napoleon I, a second one sponsored by John Rockefeller Jr. in the 1930s, and a later one beginning in the 1990s. The poster's purpose was to advertise this specific fundraising event for one of these restoration efforts.
The illustration on the poster depicts a man in a top hat and a woman in an elegant evening gown looking at a large drawing or map of the Hameau de la Reine |
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