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Lait pur steacuteriliseacute de la Vingeanne / Steinlen. – Vintage Print

Lait pur steacuteriliseacute de la Vingeanne / Steinlen., 1895 — vintage poster
Lait pur steacuteriliseacute de la Vingeanne / Steinlen., 1895. Vintage poster from the Cats & Dogs collection.

(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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Lait pur steacuteriliseacute de la Vingeanne / Steinlen.

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Steinlen's 1895 color lithograph pairs a young girl with a cat that is plainly pleading for milk, and the cat's begging is the joke that makes the poster work. It advertises sterilized pure milk from Guillot Frères of Montigny-sur-Vingeanne, a small village in the Côte-d'Or, Burgundy. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen was known for his drawings of cats and his scenes of Paris street life, and he brought that affectionate eye to commercial work, at a time when color posters were becoming a major advertising form in France.

Created / published1895
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 138 x 99 cm.
NotesGuillot Fregraveres Montigny sur Vingeanne Cocircte dOr. Title from item. · Ing. C. Olivetti c. funder/sponsor.
SubjectsMilk--1890-1900. Girls--France--1890-1900. Eating & drinking--France--1890-1900. Cats--1890-1900. Pleading (Begging)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters
Original scan1,051 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-ART-53

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