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Theater Program for Sleeping Beauty, Silver Wedding, and Ahasvère

1893

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Associated Names

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Artist, French, 1867 - 1936

This is a painting of an interior scene in a restaurant or café featuring two customers reading newspapers. The setting includes red upholstered seating, a row of mirrors on the wall, and details such as a bottle and a glass on a table. The image conveys a sense of everyday life and leisure in a public dining space. The design style is reminiscent of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, with a focus on urban social settings and the use of simplified forms and strong outlines.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper [proof before letters]
Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Jeff Atlas in memory of Liane and Martin Atlas
Dimensions

image: 21.6 × 17 cm (8 1/2 × 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 41.2 × 29.1 cm (16 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

2019.121.1
Series Title

Théâtre Libre

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jeff Atlas; gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Atlas, Jeff

Inscriptions

lower center in image: H.G. Ibels

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