Divan Japonais
Date1893
Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(French painter, printmaker, draftsman, 1864–1901)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for Divan Japonais, a cafe-concert in Paris, 1892-1893
Les Maitres de L'Affiche, pl. 2, 1896
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 12 5/8 × 9 3/8 in. (32.1 × 23.8 cm)
sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 9/16 in. (44.8 × 31.9 cm)
sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 9/16 in. (44.8 × 31.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-179
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextDivan Japonais was one of the many café-concerts (cafes with live music) in late 19th-century Paris frequented by Toulouse-Lautrec. His poster advertising the nightspot features two of his favorite Montmartre stars, Yvette Guilbert and red-haired Jane Avril. Avril is a spectator sitting in the foreground with Édouard Dujardin, a avant-garde writer and nightclub habitué. In the upper left corner, on stage, is the headless body of Guilbert, recognizable by her trademark long black gloves and slim physique.
Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel
1896
