Poster for Le Chat Noir [L'enfant prodigue]
c. 1895
![Poster for Le Chat Noir [L'enfant prodigue] by Henri Rivière](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/poster-for-le-chat-noir-lenfant-prodigue-nga-143947.webp)
Medium
stencil-colored photorelief in black and blue on buff wove paper
Dimensions
image: 54 x 39.1 cm (21 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.) sheet: 59.9 x 41.4 cm (23 9/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Given in Memory of Martin Atlas by his Friends
Accession Number
2009.47.1
About the Artist
Henri Rivière
Henri Rivière (1864-1951) stands as a pioneering figure in European printmaking, particularly recognized as the father of color lithography and color woodcut techniques in the West. Born in Paris during the Second Empire, Rivière achieved distinction in two distinct artistic realms: as the creator of innovative shadow theater performances at the legendary Chat Noir cabaret, and as a printmaker who...