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TITLE:
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Chat Noir/Ce Soir
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WORK DATE:
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1896
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CATEGORY:
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Prints
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MATERIALS:
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Lithograph
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SIZE:
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h: 15.8 x w: 24.4 in / h: 40.1 x w: 62 cm
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REGION:
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French
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STYLE:
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Impressionism (ca. 1860s-1880s)
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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Despite the delicate red halo behind him, this disreputable cat of Steinlen’s personifies vagabondage; he’s a ragamuffin, a Paris street urchin up to no good, and as such, he represents the deliciously low-class atmosphere of the Chat Noir cabaret with deadly accuracy. No wonder this memorable image was used in a dozen ways over a number of years by the management; they would have been fools not to give it every circulation possible.
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LITERATURE:
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Bargiel et Zagrodzki, 22B2
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