Folies Bergère Liane de Pougy
Poster
ca. 1896 (printed)
ca. 1896 (printed)
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Poster, signed, showing the dancer Liane de Pougy standing with outstretched arms and bare feet in front of a spider's web. There are yellow irises in the foreground, 'Liane de Pougy' written across the bottom.
Object details
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| Title | Folies Bergère Liane de Pougy (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Colour lithograph showing Liane de Pougy in 'L'Araignée d'Or' by Paul Louis Joseph Berthon, Paris ca. 1896. |
| Physical description | Poster, signed, showing the dancer Liane de Pougy standing with outstretched arms and bare feet in front of a spider's web. There are yellow irises in the foreground, 'Liane de Pougy' written across the bottom. |
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| Gallery label | 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'
This poster advertises the appearance of the dancer Liane de Pougy as the spider in L'Araignée d'Or by Jean Lorrain, first produced at the Folies-Bergère, Paris in about 1896. The work of its designer Paul Berthon was greatly influenced by his teacher Eugène Grasset, both artists drawing inspiration from the medieval decorative arts such as tapestries, stained glass and manuscript illuminations. Berthon delighted in the execution of richly patterned compositions, in which intertwining flowers, beasts, and stylized ornament echo medieval design.(1987-2006) |
| Object history | This poster advertises the appearance of the dancer Liane de Pougy as the spider in L'Araignée d'Or by Jean Lorrain, first produced at the Folies-Bergère, Paris in about 1896. |
| Historical context | The work of Paul Berthon was greatly influenced by his teacher Eugène Grasset, both artists drawing inspiration from the medieval decorative arts such as tapestries, stained glass and manuscript illuminations. Berthon delighted in the execution of richly patterned compositions, in which intertwining flowers, beasts, and stylized ornament echo medieval design. |
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| Accession number | E.925-1969 |
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| Record created | April 12, 2000 |
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