At the Ambassadeurs—Singer at the Café-concert
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(French, 1864–1901)
André-Edouard Marty
(French, 1882–1974)
1894
Medium/TechniqueColor lithograph printed in olive-green, yellow, beige-grey, salmon-pink, black and blue on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 29.8 x 24.4 cm (11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 54 x 39 cm (21 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 54 x 39 cm (21 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number60.764
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The café concert, an upscale café offering musical entertainment, became a hit in the late nineteenth century. Often more elegantly decorated than cabarets, many café concerts-like the chic Ambassadeurs-were located on the Right Bank of Paris, along the wide boulevards developed in the 1860s and 1870s. Three important café concerts were to be found in Montmartre: the Divan Japonais (Japanese Sofa), Cigale (Cicada), and Décadents.
Inscriptionsl.l.: T-LautrecProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1960, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec