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Louis Joseph Soulas, Bourges, 1952, engraving, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002.98.60

Bourges

Louis Joseph Soulas · 1952 · engraving ·  Accession ID  2002.98.60

A black cat sitting on a red block looks out at us in this vertical poster. The background is parchment brown, and the poster is printed with ruby red and inky black. The cat sits to the left of center with its body facing our right almost in profile. Its tall, narrow shoulders are drawn together, creating a ruff like a mink stole around its face, and its fur stands up in curling bristles along its back. Its head turns to us with the ears flattened out to the sides over eyes defined with only tall, narrow slits for pupils. Long whiskers flounce up and out from its lowered eyebrows and prim muzzle. A halo-like, red shape around its head has geometric patterns around a band of curving, organically shaped text, “MONTJOYE MONTMARTRE.” Its claws make a row of black points along the top edge of the red block on which it sits, and its tail curls down over the words there. Red and black text across the entire poster and into the block read, “PROCHAINEMENT la très illustre Compagnie du CHAT NOIR avec ses PIÈCES d’OMBRES CÈLÈBRES, ses POËTES ses COMPOSITEURS AVCE RODOLPHE SALIS.” Text running vertically up the right edge in that corner reads, “Imp. CHARLES VERNEAU, 114, Rue Oberkampf, PARIS.”
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Charles Verneau, Prochainement la très illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir (Poster for the Company of the Black Cat), 1896, color lithograph on wove paper, mounted on muslin, Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection, 2014.100.1

Prochainement la très illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir (Poster for the Company of the Black Cat)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Charles Verneau · 1896 · color lithograph on wove paper, mounted on muslin ·  Accession ID  2014.100.1

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Woman in a Hammock, mid-19th century, graphite on wove paper, Gift of Donald Stone, 2022.40.16

Woman in a Hammock

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot · mid-19th century · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2022.40.16

Louis Joseph Soulas, Campagne de France, 1950, engraving, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002.98.61

Campagne de France

Louis Joseph Soulas · 1950 · engraving ·  Accession ID  2002.98.61

Louis Joseph Soulas, Bord du Canal et Ducy, 1952, engraving, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002.98.59

Bord du Canal et Ducy

Louis Joseph Soulas · 1952 · engraving ·  Accession ID  2002.98.59

Maurice Denis, Design for a Fan: the Engagement Party of Yvonne Lerolle (recto), 1898, graphite and pastel with watercolor on wove paper, Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund, 2010.33.1.a

Design for a Fan: the Engagement Party of Yvonne Lerolle (recto)

Maurice Denis · 1898 · graphite and pastel with watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2010.33.1.a

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Design for a Fan: Dance on the Terrace at Saint Germain (verso)

Maurice Denis · 1898 · watercolor and graphite (verso) ·  Accession ID  2010.33.1.b

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Philoctetes Abandoned on the Island of Lemnos

François-Nicolas Delaistre · c. 1785 · terracotta ·  Accession ID  2023.119.1

Claudio Ridolfi, The Flagellation of Christ, c. 1619, oil paint over pen and black ink(?) on two pieces of laid paper mounted on fabric and wood, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2016.85.1

The Flagellation of Christ

Claudio Ridolfi · c. 1619 · oil paint over pen and black ink(?) on two pieces of laid paper mounted on fabric and wood ·  Accession ID  2016.85.1

Louis Joseph Soulas, Village de la Beauce, 1950s, engraving, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002.98.63

Village de la Beauce

Louis Joseph Soulas · 1950s · engraving ·  Accession ID  2002.98.63