Lot 440
Divan Japonais. 1893.
Passed
Est.
$20,000
- $25,000
Live Auction
PAI-XC: Rare Posters
Live Bidding began Jul 18, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT
Category
Description
Artist: HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
Size: 23 1/4 x 30 7/8 in./59 x 78.5 cm
Condition: B+/ Matted to image. Framed.
Printer: Imp. Edw. Ancourt, Paris
Reference: Wittrock, P11; Adriani, 8; DFP-II, 824; Maitres, 2; Wagner, 3; Modern Poster, 5; Wine Spectator, 42; Posters of Paris, 92; Lautrec/Montmartre, 164; Reims, 780; PAI-LXXXIX, 398
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Artist: Toulouse-Lautrec; Cabaret; Music
Divan Japonais. 1893.
Pictured at the Divan Japonais café concert, Jane Avril “appears to be almost smiling, as if the whole thing were an inside joke. Jane is accompanied—or, more likely, being accosted—by noted critic Edouard Dujardin, no doubt with amorous intentions, but Avril's faintly bemused expression indicates that she is used to this, and will be able to handle him without any trouble. Note that the performer—although it is a great celebrity, the famous Yvette Guilbert—is not the focus of the poster, and Toulouse-Lautrec makes sure of it not only by placing her somewhat indistinctly in the poorly lit background, but even by going to the length of deliberately cutting her head off... Toulouse-Lautrec has made good use of spatter, a technique which adds another dimension to poster art: here, for example, it effectively separates the solid black of Jane’s dress from the less important dark mass of the bar and the orchestra” (Wine Spectator, 42).
Size: 23 1/4 x 30 7/8 in./59 x 78.5 cm
Condition: B+/ Matted to image. Framed.
Printer: Imp. Edw. Ancourt, Paris
Reference: Wittrock, P11; Adriani, 8; DFP-II, 824; Maitres, 2; Wagner, 3; Modern Poster, 5; Wine Spectator, 42; Posters of Paris, 92; Lautrec/Montmartre, 164; Reims, 780; PAI-LXXXIX, 398
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Artist: Toulouse-Lautrec; Cabaret; Music
Divan Japonais. 1893.
Pictured at the Divan Japonais café concert, Jane Avril “appears to be almost smiling, as if the whole thing were an inside joke. Jane is accompanied—or, more likely, being accosted—by noted critic Edouard Dujardin, no doubt with amorous intentions, but Avril's faintly bemused expression indicates that she is used to this, and will be able to handle him without any trouble. Note that the performer—although it is a great celebrity, the famous Yvette Guilbert—is not the focus of the poster, and Toulouse-Lautrec makes sure of it not only by placing her somewhat indistinctly in the poorly lit background, but even by going to the length of deliberately cutting her head off... Toulouse-Lautrec has made good use of spatter, a technique which adds another dimension to poster art: here, for example, it effectively separates the solid black of Jane’s dress from the less important dark mass of the bar and the orchestra” (Wine Spectator, 42).