[Two cats] / Steinlen. – Antique Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures [Two cats] / Steinlen. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Two cats] / Steinlen.
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Two cats sit side by side in this color poster by Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, dated 1894 in the record, and it carries his monogram. Steinlen spent most of his career in Montmartre, where cats wandered the streets and cabarets, and he drew them often for the illustrated magazines and café culture of Paris at the turn of the century. The record also notes that this copy was printed for a 1914 Steinlen exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in London, so it reflects a later printing of an earlier design. That gap between the original date and the exhibition run is worth keeping in mind when reading the piece.
| Created / published | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters French 1890-1900.Prints Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Fr. K92. 1914. Signed with artist's monogram. Printed for the: Steinlen exhibition - Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square, [London] 1914. |
| Subjects | Cats--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,140 × 1,451 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217170 |
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