Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen 1859–1923 follow artist
Ambassadeurs / Yvette Guilbert
Ambassadeurs / Yvette Guilbert
"Les Ambassadeurs, where the greatest names of café-concert appeared, welcomes in 1894 Yvette Guilbert, the greatest singer of the period... Steinlen's very classical poster shows the stage and a section of the house...as seen from the stage. Yvette Guilbert is shown with her customary chignon and her traditional stage attire, including her famous long black gloves" (Folies-Bergère, p. 7). Her biographers tell us that "in spite of a rainy month every seat in the garden (of the Ambassadeurs) continued to be filled" (Knapp and Chipman, p. 141). No doubt Steinlen's poster had something to do with that success.
Imp. Charles Verneau, Paris
literature: Bargiel & Zagrodzki, 15 A2; Crauzat, 493; DFP-II, 781; Folies-Bergère, 26; Word & Image, p. 31; Weill, 12; Takashimaya, 12 (var); PAI-XCII, 352
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