Ce soir la très illustre compagnie du Chat Noir (Tonight the Very Illustrious Company of the Black Cat)

Artist: Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (French, born Switzerland, 1859–1923)
Printer: Charles Verneau (French)

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1896

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Color lithograph

Dimensions

stone: 22 9/16 × 14 7/16 in. (57.3 × 36.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow

Accession Number

2015.113.2

Geography

Made in Switzerland

Culture

Swiss

Period

19th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Nathan Rubin - Ida Ladd Family Foundation Collection
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 54
  • Réjane Bargiel, Steinlen Plakate (Lausanne, Switzerland: Wasmuth, 1987), 46, no. 22
  • Ernest de Crauzat, L' Œvre Gravé et Lithographié de Steinlen (Paris: Société de Propogation des Livres D'Art, 1913), 134, no. 496
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

advertising art, animal art, lithographs

Subject

cats

Edition

From the second of two editions

Inscriptions

In stone: CE SOIR / la très illustre companie DU / CHAT NOIR / avec / ses PIÈCES d'OMBRES CÉLÉBRES ses POËTES ses COMPOSITEURS / RODOLPHE SALIS; LR corner in stone running up along right margin: Imp. CHARLES VERNEAU. 114 Rue Oberkampf. PARIS

Signed

LL corner in stone: Steinlen's monogram

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