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Poster - Divan Japonais
  • Divan Japonais
    Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, born 1864 - died 1901
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Divan Japonais

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    Paris, France (printed)

  • Date:

    1892 (printed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, born 1864 - died 1901 (artist)
    Edw. Ancourt (printers (people))

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour lithograph

  • Museum number:

    CIRC.272-1964

  • Gallery location:

    Europe & America 1800-1900, room 101

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This poster advertises the café-concert Divan Japonais in Paris. Using flat areas of colour, outline and sinuous silhouette, the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) depicts the dancer Jane Avril and the critic Edouard Dujardin in the foreground, with the singer Yvette Guilbert on stage. With its 'oriental'-style decoration, the Divan Japonais was one of the many Paris haunts of Toulouse-Lautrec.

Physical description

Depicts the interior of a café-concert. A singer is partially obscured in the top left-hand corner. An auburn-haired woman in a black dress sits in the foreground. A man stands behind her wearing a top hat and carrying a cane. An orchestra is partially visible.

Place of Origin

Paris, France (printed)

Date

1892 (printed)

Artist/maker

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, born 1864 - died 1901 (artist)
Edw. Ancourt (printers (people))

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 813 mm, Width: 619 mm

Descriptive line

Poster, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 'Divan Japonais', French; 1892.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Greenhalgh, Paul Ed., Art Nouveau : 1890 - 1914. London: V&A Publications, 2000. 464 p., 9.3pl, ill. ISBN 1851772774

Exhibition History

Art Nouveau - 1890-1914 (Victoria and Albert Museum 06/04/2000-30/07/2000)

Materials

Paper; Lithographic ink

Techniques

Colour lithograph; Planographic printing

Subjects depicted

Entertainment; Avril, Jane; Guilbert, Yvette; Dujardin, Edouard

Categories

Prints; Advertising; Entertainment & Leisure; Posters

Collection code

PDP

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