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Babylone d'Allemagne

Poster
1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (artist)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

This poster advertises the publication of one of Victor Joze's novels, 'Babylone d'Allemagne', or 'The German Babylon'. The novel is a satirical exploration of German bourgeois society. Toulouse-Lautrec's poster highlights the emphasis the federal state placed on its military might during German Imperial rule. A dashing soldier on parade has caught the eye of a passing female spectator, to the irritation of her companion. The artist created a poster for another of Joze's works: 'La Reine de Joie', as part of a series of novels published by Joze entitled, 'La ménagerie sociale'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleBabylone d'Allemagne (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Paper
Lithograph
Splatter
Planographic Printing
Brief description
Poster, 'Babylone d'Allemagne', Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French; 1894.
Physical description
The scene shows a young soldier on parade. To his left a sentry guard stands 'en garde'. A woman passing out of the right-hand corner of the composition is trying to catch the soldier's eye to the evident irritation of her companion.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1219mm
  • Width: 863mm
Style
Post-Impressionist
Marks and inscriptions
  • H. T. Lautrec 94 (Signed and dated lower left)
  • Babylone d'Allemagne par Victor Joze chez tous les libraires (sic) Moeurs Berlinoises
  • République Française stamp upper right.
  • THL (Monogram lower left)
  • (1256) Imp. CHAIX, 20, Rue Bergére, Paris (Encres Ch. Lorillieux et Cie) (Left-hand side)
  • Affichage + Distributeurs (Distribution?) Imprimés. Bon ... et cie ... audbourg Rue Montesquieu 1, Paris. (Inscriptions on two identical stamps - text is illegible in parts)
Credit line
Given by Mrs J.T. Clarke
Subjects depicted
Military
Power
Soldier
Summary
This poster advertises the publication of one of Victor Joze's novels, 'Babylone d'Allemagne', or 'The German Babylon'. The novel is a satirical exploration of German bourgeois society. Toulouse-Lautrec's poster highlights the emphasis the federal state placed on its military might during German Imperial rule. A dashing soldier on parade has caught the eye of a passing female spectator, to the irritation of her companion. The artist created a poster for another of Joze's works: 'La Reine de Joie', as part of a series of novels published by Joze entitled, 'La ménagerie sociale'.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Coutts, Howard and Claire Jones Toulouse Lautrec and the art of the French Poster. Bowes Museum, 2004. 53 p., ill. ISBN 0954818202.
  • p. 203 Phillip Dennis Cate, Saskia Oooms, Michela Niccolai, Laurent Bihl, Ricard Bru i Turull, Toulouse-Lautrec i l'esperit de Montmartre. Barcelona : Obra Social la Caixa, 2018. 274 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm. ISBN: 9788499002118
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.230-1921

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Record createdJuly 3, 2007
Record URL
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