Divan Japonais

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French

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Divan Japonais was one of the many café-concerts in late nineteenth-century Paris frequented by Toulouse-Lautrec. His poster advertising the nightspot features two of his favorite Montmartre stars, Yvette Guilbert and Jane Avril. Here, Avril is a spectator, not a performer, as she sits in the foreground with Édouard Dujardin, a dandyish 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 gaunt physique.

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Divan Japonais, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois), Lithograph printed in four colors, wove paper

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Divan Japonais, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois), Lithograph printed in four colors, wove paper
Divan Japonais, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois), Lithograph printed in four colors, wove paper
Divan Japonais, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois), Lithograph printed in four colors, wove paper

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