Divan Japonais
Poster
1892 (printed)
1892 (printed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
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.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Divan Japonais (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 'Divan Japonais', French; 1892. |
| 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. |
| Dimensions |
|
| Styles | |
| Gallery label | Poster: Divan Japonais
1892
Shown at a poster exhibition, Reims, 1896
The Divan Japonais café in Paris was one of Toulouse-Lautrec's many haunts. Here, he shows the dancer Jane Avril and the critic Edouard Gujardin in the foreground, with the singer Yvette Guilbert on stage. The influence of Japanese woodblock prints can be seen in the combination of word and image, the blocks of colour and the stylised outlines.
France, Paris; designed by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; printed by Edward Ancourt
Colour Lithograph on paper
Museum no. Circ.272-1964 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | 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. |
| Associated object | E.233-1921 (Duplicate) |
| Bibliographic references |
|
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.272-1964 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | February 18, 2003 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest
