Divan Japonais

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1893 · Colour lithograph (poster) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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About this work

Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
Year: 1893
Medium: Colour lithograph (poster)
Original size: 80.8 × 60.8 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (one of many impressions)
Movement: Post-Impressionism

The dancer Jane Avril, in black, sits in the audience of the Divan Japonais beside the writer Édouard Dujardin, while on the stage at the upper left the singer Yvette Guilbert is cut off at the neck by the edge of the sheet, recognisable only by her long black gloves. Toulouse-Lautrec designed the poster in 1892–93 to advertise the café-concert, one of the Montmartre nightspots he frequented, and had it printed in four colours by lithography. The flat silhouettes, the diagonal of the balcony rail and the daring crop come straight from Japanese prints, which gave the venue its name. Avril was a close friend and appears in many of his prints. This impression belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which received it in the bequest of Clifford A. Furst in 1958.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Divan Japonais in the public domain?

Yes. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Divan Japonais painted, and in what medium?

Divan Japonais dates from 1893 and was made in colour lithograph (poster); the original measures 80.8 × 60.8 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Divan Japonais — the Divan Japonais poster — Jane Avril in black watching Yvette Guilbert sing, her head cut by the frame — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Paris and The Belle Époque, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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