Cover und Titel des Portfolio; Le Café Concert
1893
With the bold red title 'Le Café Concert' setting the stage, this 1893 cover throws you right into a Parisian music hall. While a singer performs in the distance, the real comedy is in the foreground: a waiter balances a tray while a gentleman has completely passed out in his chair! This piece is part of a portfolio collaboration between Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and H.-G. Ibels (who actually signed this specific drawing on the chair back), capturing the gritty, authentic energy of bohemian nightlife where high art met low drinking.
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