Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947 )Le Salon des Cent. Poster. 1896. Lithograph. 425 x 612 [445 x 635, with canvas: 575 x 765]. Bouvet 39; van Deputte 31 (repr. p. 53). Printed in colors. A very fine proof on glazed vellum, with the letter, lined on thin japanese paper and interfaced. A few tiny scattered rust spots. All margins. The Salon des Cent was an exhibition of French art imagined by Léon Deschamps, launched in Paris in February 1894 in the hall of the magazine La Plume. It lasted until 1900. The idea was to exhibit and sell mainly prints and drawings, in association with the periodical, a literary and artistic melting pot. Each exhibition was announced by an original poster which La Plume entrusted to the exhibiting artist, or to a collaborator for group exhibitions. From the beginning, they were collected by amateurs and their authors sometimes signed them.