Ah! La Pé...la Pé...La Pepinière!!! Revue

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Artist/Maker	Vallotton, Félix (artist)
Place of origin	Paris (made)

This poster is named for the musical production it advertises, 'La pépinière', meaning 'The nursery', an establishment for training young actors. The poster depicts a caricatured view of a theatre audience. A group of boisterous men are applauding and cheering enthusiastically, to suggest the fun and entertainment offered by the occasion.

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Categories	Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Ah! La Pé...la Pé...La Pepinière!!! Revue (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Ink Paper Printing Ink Lithograph Printing
Brief description	Poster by Félix Vallotton, Ah! La Pe...la Pe...La Pepinière!!! Revue, 1898.
Physical description	Poster
Dimensions	Height: 1310mm Width: 937mm
Marks and inscriptions	'Ah! La Pé... La Pé... La Pépinière/ Revue en deux actes et quatre tableaux de M.M. Albert Pajol et Adolphe Couturet' (Centre) 'PAJOL et cie, Éditeurs, 27 Rue Bergère' (Lower right) 'Concert de la Pépinière (près la Gare St Lazare)' (Along bottom)
Credit line	Given by Mrs J.T. Clarke
Object history	Appears to be based on/relate to Vallotton's earlier print 'Le couplet patriotique' , woodcut, 1893.
Subjects depicted	Entertainment Caricature Theatre Boxes (Audience Spaces) Audiences
Summary	This poster is named for the musical production it advertises, 'La pépinière', meaning 'The nursery', an establishment for training young actors. The poster depicts a caricatured view of a theatre audience. A group of boisterous men are applauding and cheering enthusiastically, to suggest the fun and entertainment offered by the occasion.
Bibliographic reference	Coutts, Howard and Claire Jones Toulouse Lautrec and the art of the French Poster. Bowes Museum, 2004. 53 p., ill. ISBN 0954818202.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.303-1921

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Record created	July 18, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O137550/ah-la-péla-péla-pepinière-poster-vallotton-félix/

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