Dancer at a Café Concert
An illustrator and poster artist, Steinlen’s flamboyant imagery of the café concert invites comparison with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, his neighbor in Paris. Steinlen was the principal illustrator of Le Mirliton, a journal published by Aristide Bruant, the owner of a cabaret by the same title. Steinlen made this drawing as a cover design for the 17 February 1893 issue of the journal, to illustrate the song “Tha-ma-ra-boum-di-hé” and its accompanying dance, the high-kicking chahut.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dancer at a Café Concert
- Artist: Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (French (born Switzerland), Lausanne 1859–1923 Paris)
- Date: 1892–93
- Medium: Black ink over blue and black crayon with white lead used for correction and blue crayon and black ink border on off-white wove paper, darkened, mounted on board, and affixed to heavy board
- Dimensions: 17 1/16 x 14 1/8 in. (43.4 x 35.8 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.730
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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