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Two Cats (A La Bodiniére, 18 Rue St. Lazare, Exposition de L'Oeuvre Dessiné et Peint de T. A. Steinlen)

Two Cats (A La Bodiniére, 18 Rue St. Lazare, Exposition de L'Oeuvre Dessiné et Peint de T. A. Steinlen)

(French (born in Switzerland), 1859–1923)
1894
Medium/TechniquePoster, color lithograph, proof before letters with hand additions in watercolor
DimensionsSheet: 59.1 x 48.7 cm (23 1/4 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number60.744
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ClassificationsPrints
Description
No artist is more identified with cat imagery than Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.  He depicted feline grace and beauty in infinite varieties in posters, books, paintings, drawings, and prints.  He had a well-deserved reputation as a pioneer in color lithography; this color lithograph is a proof before letters of a design for a poster announcing an exhibition of Steinlen's own work in 1894.
ProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); bequest to MFA June 8, 1960