VRA Core 4 Example 25: Commercially printed poster

Work record [refid 28]
agent	Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss artist, 1859-1923)
culturalContext	French
date	1896 (creation)
description	[This poster is offset lithography, but mass-produced and commercially printed.] Steinlen's poster advertises the reopening of a cabaret, the Chat Noir in Montmartre. Here the artist worked with several actors to present avant-garde shadow theater, which investigated the artistic and dramatic effects of silhouettes, starring R. Salis as the popular, improvisational narrator ("bonimenteur") of each shadow performance.
inscription	Main caption: Prochainement la très illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir avec ses Pièces d'Ombres Célèbres, ses Poëtes ses Compositeurs Avec Rodolphe Salis. Steinlen logo on bottom left. On right side: Imp. Charles Verneau, 114, Rue Oberkampf, Paris
location	Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, California, United States) 1991.17 [repository] Montmartre, Paris, Île-de-France, France [creation] [location note] Printer/publisher: Charles Verneau, 114, Rue Oberkampf, Paris
material	ink on paper
measurements	61.6 cm (height) x 39.62 cm (width)
relation
rights
source	Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) [source, description] CCO (Cataloging Cultural Objects) Catalog Examples; http://www.vrafoundation.org/ccoweb/cco/examplesindex.html (accessed 5/31/2009)
stateEdition
stylePeriod	Art Nouveau; Nineteenth century
subject	animals; commercial and industrial design; typography or calligraphy; Chat noir (Cabaret : Paris, France); Salis, Rodolphe, 1851-1897; graphic design; commercial arts; advertising; cabaret entertainment; avant garde; cats; fin-de-siecle
technique	offset printing
textref
title	Chat Noir [fr, inscribed, preferred] Poster of a Black Cat, for the Reopening of the Chat Noir Cabaret [en, descriptive, alternate]
worktype	information forms; posters