Original 1896 Chat Noir Poster by Steinlen for the Black Cat French Cabaret
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Original 1896 Chat Noir Poster by Steinlen for the Black Cat French Cabaret
About the Item
- Creator:Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1896
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Lithograph in colors, printed by Charles Verneau, Paris, France 1896. Very Fine (A-) one tear, bearly discernable, backed on linen and framed.
- Seller Location:Los Gatos, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 110351stDibs: LU85534326123
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen was born in Lausanne in 1859. He was naturalized French in 1901. He was a painter, engraver, illustrator, poster artist and sculptor. Before settling in Paris, he made a detour to Mulhouse where one of his uncles placed him in the studio of one of the best lithographers of the time. He settled definitively in Montmartre in 1881. Willette introduced him to his companions of the Cabaret du Chat-Noir animated by Rodolphe Salis. He met Toulouse-Lautrec, Forain, Léandre, Debussy, Eric Satie, Verlaine, Alphonse Allais and Aristide Bruant. He took part in the performances of the famous cabaret's shadow theater with animal stories and, most often, sequences featuring cats, for which he has a particular affection. The felines will appear throughout his activity as "parentheses" in a tormented work. There is, in this torment, the expression of no personal problem but a painful compassion for the lives of the exploited and marginal beings. He painted and drew idylls, balls and bastrings, workers, kids and gosselin, the poor, the little workers, girls and marlous. He sometimes made posters. In the most successful of them (« Le lait pur de la Vingeanne » et le « Fer Bravais ») he imposed, relevant or not, the presence of cats.
In 1901, Steinlen worked for L'Assiette au beurre , the most virulent satirical newspaper ever published and takes readily to target the institutions of the 3rd Republic.
His works are found in numerous Public Collections, such as Petit Palais in Geneva, Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
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