Cabaret du Chat Noir
Poster
1896 (printed)
1896 (printed)
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A poster advertising the re-opening of the Cabaret du Chat Noir on 3 October 1896 and the Théâtre du Chat Noir three days later. The Chat Noir was a cabaret club in Paris's avant-garde Montmartre district that featured shadow theatre performances. The black cat (chat noir) on the poster refers also to the silhouette painting of black cats on the club's walls.
Object details
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| Title | Cabaret du Chat Noir (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen advertising the Cabaret du Chat Noir ''with Rodolphe Salis''. France, 1896. |
| Physical description | Poster |
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| Credit line | Given anonymously |
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| Summary | A poster advertising the re-opening of the Cabaret du Chat Noir on 3 October 1896 and the Théâtre du Chat Noir three days later. The Chat Noir was a cabaret club in Paris's avant-garde Montmartre district that featured shadow theatre performances. The black cat (chat noir) on the poster refers also to the silhouette painting of black cats on the club's walls. |
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| Accession number | E.321-1978 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2003 |
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