Menu from the Chat Noir
Artist/Culture
George Auriol
(French, 1863–1938)
Dateabout 1890
Mediumlithograph with pochoir and letterpress on cream wove paper
Dimensions30.7 x 23.4 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Overall1: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Overall1: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineEliza S. Paine Fund
Object number1990.29
Label TextLe chat noir was the first bohemian cabaret in Montmartre. A watering hole for Paris’s avant-garde intelligentsia, Le chat noir featured a variety of entertainment including a shadow theater, satirists, poetry readings, and impromptu recitals by the composer Claude Debussy. Designed by artists George Auriol and Henri Rivière, the cabaret also published the Journal du chat noir, a newsletter about the cabaret’s activities and community. Boasting a print run of 20,000 copies, the periodical developed an aesthetic style influenced by Japanese Ukiyo e prints, called Art Nouveau.ProvenanceBarbara Kaplan, 4400 Rt. 9 S., Freehold, NJ 07728On View
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