Playbill for "Le Chariot de Terre Cuite" (The Little Clay Cart)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French
Not on view
Lautrec designed this playbill for Victor Barrucand’s adaptation of the fourth-century Sanskrit love story translated as "Le Chariot de terre cuite" (The Little Clay Cart). An ornamental elephant, possibly inspired by the papier-mâché model at the Moulin Rouge, forms the base of a decorative platform at the top of which anarchist critic Félix Fénéon strikes a dramatic pose. Fénéon recited the prologue for the production, which opened Jan 22, 1895 at the Théâtre de l’Oeuvre in Paris. Lautrec also designed the sets for the fifth act.