La Vache Enragée
1896 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 83 × 59.5 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
A red cow charges down a Montmartre street, chasing an old man who has dropped his umbrella, while a policeman and a girl on a bicycle join the stampede. Toulouse-Lautrec designed the poster in 1896 for La Vache enragée, the satirical monthly founded by Adolphe Willette and Roedel, whose name played on the Montmartre expression for living hand to mouth; the magazine also organised the Vachalcade, a carnival parade through the quarter. The orange cow, the green coat and the cobbled street are drawn with his quickest brush. Printed by Chaix, Paris. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A comic chase in orange and green, for a kitchen, hallway or playroom at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It brightens a white or cream wall and pairs with L'Artisan Moderne.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room, dorm 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. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
