Menu du réveillon offert aux amis du Théâtre Antoine

late 1890s

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Associated Names
Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Artist, French, 1867 - 1936

This is a drawing of a menu accompanied by a sketch of a robed figure and a pig. The image features a handwritten menu titled "Menu du Réveillon" offered at "Théâtre Antoine," listing various dishes such as oysters, foie gras, salad, cheese, fruits, dessert, coffee, liqueurs, and champagne. On the right side of the image, there is a sketch of a figure dressed in robes, who appears to be communicating with a pig shown below them. The words "L'esprit de Sacrifice" are inscribed above, and below the pig, there's a note signed "Saint Antoine."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.7 x 23 cm (11 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.42

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Moulin Rouge: The Seeds of Modernity, The Thomasville Cultural Center, Georgia, 2003, no cat.

Bibliography

2003

  • Coker, Gylbert Garvin. Moulin Rouge: The Seeds of Modernity. The Thomasville Cultural Center: 2003, no. 18.

Inscriptions

lower right in stone: H G. Ibels; upper left in stone: MENU / DU RÉVEILLON / offert aux amis / du théatre ANTOINE...; lower right printed: Imp. Eugène Verneau..Paris

Wikidata ID

Q75395666

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