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ROTHERMEL • NORTHINGTON

IMPRESSIONS OF HOME

No. 21 Rue Caulaincourt avec Aristide Bruant
Lacquer on wood with mirrors
48 1/2 H x 26 W

TOULOUSE LAUTREC PRODUCED THIS CONTROVERSIAL POSTER OF THE PERFORMER ARISTIDE BRUANT IN 1892 TO ADVERTISE A SHOW AT THE THEATER LES AMBASS. THE PROPRIETOR, DUCARRE,"THOUGHT IT WAS 'HIDEOUS' REFUSED TO POST IT. BRUANT LOVED IT AND INSISTED IT BE USED, THE SHOW AND THE ART WERE SO WELL RECEIVED, THAT FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE, BRUANT TOLD DUCARRE,'VERY WELL OLD FELLOW JUST TO PUNISH YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO COVER THE WALLS OF PARIS WITH IT."
(TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS)