An extremely rare original maquette "before letters", realized by Grun, depicting 3 gentlemen in five piece suit are staring at us with a tough gaze. Signed by the artist on the front. Hand writing in French on the bottom. Jules-Alexandre Grun (25 May 1868 – 15 February 1934) was a French post-impressionist painter, poster artist, and illustrator.[1] Grun's best known painting is called The Dinner Party, produced in 1911. It was, however, in the fields of poster art and illustration art, for which he was famous. He was employed at a large printing company in Paris and his artistic director was Jules Cheret. Cheret was also his main competitor in poster art. (Wiki)