HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC French, 1864-1907 Eldorado: Aristide Bruant in his Cabaret Color lithograph, 1892 Transfer from the Department of Art, 57.3.3
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ELDORADO:
ARISTIDE BRUANT IN HIS CABARET
Bruant’s own cabaret was the Mirliton in Montmartre, but in 1892 he performed for a limited time at the Ambassadeurs, a major café-concert on the Champs-Elysées. For these per- formances he re-created the interior of the Mirliton on the stage of the Ambassadeurs, and they were publicised as “Aristide Bruant in his cabaret” even though the Ambas- sadeurs was not his cabaret. Although there
is no record of Bruant’s performing at the Eldorado, this poster was probably
made for a similar limited engagement by the singer. Toulouse-Lautrec had
made a poster virtually identical to this one for the Ambassadeurs, except
that Bruant is facing the other way.
RELATED LINKS Nineteenth Century French Prints This site is intended as an informational resource for the French prints of the period between the 1880s and 1900. Toulouse-Latrec,
Paris and Printmaking Website with discussions of some of the
people and places which inspired
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