[Trombone] Anquetin, Louis. (1861-1932). Marguerite Dufay, Parisian Music Hall Trombonist. In 1899, the artist Louis Anquetin, published this lithograph of trombonist Marguerite Dufay. Part of the “Les Maitre de L’Affiches” series, it portrays the "comique excentrique" Parisian female trombonist. It is not known whether she was also a skilled arm wrestler, although it would appear likely. To some, she was “merely a woman of impossible fatness who performs at various Paris music-halls on the trombone.” The poster itself, however, drew wide contemporary praise: “It is safe to say that, once seen, it will never be forgotten... The mirth of the thing is victorious and infectious; one seems almost to hear the coarse laugh; the ample body in the green dress seems to move as one stares at it. In line, in movement, this poster is... a veritable masterpiece.” (Charles Hiatt, Picture Posters: A Short History, p. 113).  Ervine Metzl, The Poster: Its History and Its Art, p. 50. 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches, fine.