By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Lautrec-La Coiffure-Programme-Théâtre Libre, 1893
This original theatre program for:
Une Faillite - A Bankruptcy
Le Poète et le Financier - The Poet and the Financier
at the Théâtre Libre by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is known as:
La Coiffure or the Hairdresser.
It depicts a scene from the Poet and the Financier and shows countess Gisèle dressed in Japanese style wearing a kimono and waiting to have her a hair done.
This print illustrates Toulouse-Lautrec’s taste for and influence of Japanese "ukiyo-e" prints by artists such as Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige.
For more information:
MOMA - The Beraldi Album of Theatre Programs...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Posters