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THEOPHILE-ALEXANDRE STEINLEN. Dancer at a Café Concert

THEOPHILE-ALEXANDRE STEINLEN. Dancer at a Café Concert. Artist: Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French (born Switzerland), Lausanne 1859-1923 Paris). Dimensions: 17 1/16 x 14 1/8 in. (43.4 x 35.8 cm). Date: 1892-93. An illustrator and poster artist, Steinlen's flamboyant imagery of the café concert invites comparison with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, his neighbor in Paris. Steinlen was the principal illustrator of Le Mirliton, a journal published by Aristide Bruant, the owner of a cabaret by the same title. Steinlen made this drawing as a cover design for the 17 February 1893 issue of the journal, to illustrate the song "Tha-ma-ra-boum-di-hé" and its accompanying dance, the high-kicking chahut.
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Author: THEOPHILE-ALEXANDRE STEINLEN (1859-1923)
Title: Dancer at a Café Concert
Caption: Dancer at a Café Concert. Artist: Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French (born Switzerland), Lausanne 1859-1923 Paris). Dimensions: 17 1/16 x 14 1/8 in. (43.4 x 35.8 cm). Date: 1892-93. An illustrator and poster artist, Steinlen's flamboyant imagery of the café concert invites comparison with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, his neighbor in Paris. Steinlen was the principal illustrator of Le Mirliton, a journal published by Aristide Bruant, the owner of a cabaret by the same title. Steinlen made this drawing as a cover design for the 17 February 1893 issue of the journal, to illustrate the song "Tha-ma-ra-boum-di-hé" and its accompanying dance, the high-kicking chahut.
Technique/material: Black ink over blue and black crayon with white lead used for correction and blue crayon and black ink border on off-white wove paper, darkened, mounted on board, and affixed to heavy board
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Image size: 3346 × 4088 px | 39.1 MB
Print size: 28.3 × 34.6 cm | 1317.3 × 1609.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: BLACK INK OVER BLUE AND BLACK CRAYON WITH WHITE LEAD USED FOR CORRECTION AND BLUE CRAYON AND BLACK INK BORDER ON OFF-WHITE WOVE PAPER, DARKENED, MOUNTED ON BOARD, AND AFFIXED TO HEAVY BOARD • CRAYONS • DRAWINGS • EUROPE • FRANCE • INK • LEAD • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAPER • ROBERT LEHMAN COLLECTION • THEOPHILE-ALEXANDRE STEINLEN • WOVE PAPER