Henri Toulouse-Lautrec - Divan Japonais - Lithograph

This is a stone lithograph print by Mourlot of the original large poster produced in the 1960's.

Toulouse-Lautrec eventually established himself as the premier poster artist of Paris. So when Édouard Fournier re-opened his Divan Japonais cabaret after a refurbishment, he commissioned the artist to help him spread the word. Toulouse-Lautrec made Divan Japonais, a poster that opens onto the cabaret’s lively interior. Into this space he set three figures, each one a good friend of his and a prominent, widely recognized member of the Parisian performance and literary scene. At the center of the composition sits the slender Jane Avril, a famous cancan dancer. To her right, his yellow beard mingling with his ruffled cravat, is art critic and literary journal founder Édouard Dujardin. In the far background, the singer Yvette Guilbert performs on stage. Though Toulouse-Lautrec cropped her head out of the frame, viewers would immediately recognize the long, black gloves as her signature accessory.

12.5" x 9.5"

18%

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