Prochainement la très illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir (Poster for the Company of the Black Cat)
Medium
color lithograph on wove paper, mounted on muslin
Dimensions
sheet: 62.1 × 39.2 cm (24 7/16 × 15 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2014.100.1
About the Artist
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, born on November 10, 1859, in Lausanne, Switzerland, hailed from a family with artistic roots; his grandfather, Christian Gottlieb Steinlen, was a painter and draftsman. After two years studying theology at the University of Lausanne, he trained in industrial ornamental drawing in Mulhouse under Schoenhaupt and worked as a designer trainee at a textile mill. Encourage...