L'Assommoir
1900 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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About this work
- Artist
- Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923)
- Year
- 1900
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 198.4 × 137.1 cm
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A working woman in an orange blouse sits at a café table with a man in a sailor's jersey and cap, a carafe and two glasses between them, under a playbill for L'Assommoir. Théophile Steinlen designed the poster for the stage version of Émile Zola's novel at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin from November 1900, with Lucien Guitry in the cast. It is one of his large poster portraits of Paris working life. The impression reproduced is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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
Orange, slate blue and tan, for a dining room, kitchen or study at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It warms a white or ochre wall and pairs with Steinlen's Le Journal: Paris.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1900)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- kitchen, dining room, study or library, living 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
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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.
