Dancer at a Café Concert, 1892–93, 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, 17 1/16 x 14 1/8 in. (43.4 x 35.8 cm), Drawings, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French (born Switzerland), Lausanne 1859–1923 Paris), 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
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Dancer, Café Concert, 1892–93, Black ink, blue, black crayon, white lead, correction, blue ink border, off-white wove paper, darkened, mounted, board, affixed, heavy board, 17 1/16 x 14 1/8, 43.4 35.8 cm, Drawings, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, French, born Switzerland, Lausanne, 1859–1923, Paris, illustrator, poster artist, Steinlen, flamboyant, imagery, café concert, invites, comparison, Henri de, Toulouse-Lautrec, neighbor, principal illustrator, Le Mirliton, journal published, Aristide Bruant, owner, cabaret, title
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