Cocorico
1899 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923)
- Year
- 1899
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 137 × 97 cm
- Collection
- Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A cockerel with a red comb and a dark green body crows over the lettering Cocorico, with the names of the magazine's contributors, Willette, Mucha, Steinlen and others, listed below. Steinlen designed the poster in 1899 for Cocorico, the illustrated satirical review founded by Paul Boutigny, and the bird, the emblem of France, is drawn with the same observation as his cats. The black, red and ochre are printed by Charles Verneau, Paris. The impression reproduced belongs to the Petit Palais, Paris.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A crowing cockerel in black, red and ochre, for a kitchen, hallway or study at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or cream wall and pairs with Tournée du Chat Noir.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1899)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
The full-bleed edition
The painting printed edge to edge, filling the whole sheet (very slightly cropped to fit) — and available on gallery-wrapped canvas.
