Willard Frederic Elmes, Chicago Civic Opera, by Chicago Rapid Transit (Carmen)- (Small Format) - Numbered Limited Edition

Bizet's iconic opera "Carmen" is the image chosen by Willard Frederic Elmes in this poster - orignally created in 1924 - to promote travel on Chicago's Elevated lines to the city's cultural institutions. Image size ~12" x 23" inches A numbered edition giclée of 1,000. Our limited edition giclée poster reproductions were meticulously reproduced side by side with the original vintage poster, each giclée is authentic to its original in color, detail and character included in the original artwork.  Poster Plus limited edition giclées are printed on high quality acid free papers using archival inks.     These original transit posters were printed in the mid 1920s and were 40 x 80" inches.  The scale of these posters was so large that it necessitated the creation of 2-part images to be printed on 2 sheets of paper and then be joined together when they were originally used as advertisements for the Elevated and other rail lines at different stations around Chicago and the surrounding