Bruant au Mirliton
1893 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
- Year
- 1893
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 80 × 55 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
Aristide Bruant is seen from behind, his black cape, wide hat and red scarf filling the sheet, under the lettering "Tous les soirs Bruant au Mirliton, bock 13 sous". Toulouse-Lautrec designed the poster in 1893 for Bruant's own cabaret, the Mirliton on the boulevard Rochechouart, where the singer insulted his customers in argot while they drank the thirteen-sou beer advertised here. Turning the famous figure round, so that only the hat brim and the scarf identify him, was a joke only a familiar silhouette could carry. The sheet is printed in a flat black with the scarf in red. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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 black back view with one red scarf, for a hallway, bar area or study at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It holds a white or ochre wall and pairs with Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant, the front view.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1893)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- 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
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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.
