Menu Chat Noir

c. 1899, George Auriol (1863 - 1938)

letterpress printing in black, stenciled with watercolour, on wove paper, 35.4 cm x 27.9 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

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Object data

Object number
p0951S1997
Dimensions
35.4 cm x 27.9 cm, 30.7 cm x 23.2 cm

Inscription/label

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G A by Auriol, George
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J. Vitou & Cie SC by Vitou, J.
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PARIS. - IMPRIMERIE CHARLES BLOT, RUE BLEUE, 7. by Imprimerie Charles Blot
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Cha[.] Noir Menu Ch [menu]

Literature

  • Ed. by Philip Dennis Cate and Mary Shaw, The spirit of Montmartre : cabarets, humor and the avant-garde 1875-1905, 1996
  • Armon Fields ; catalogue raisonné by Marie Leroy-Crevecoeur, George Auriol, cop. 1985
  • catalogue rédigé et établi par Mariel Oberthür, Le chat noir 1881-1897, 1992