Poster advertising the reopening of the Chat Noir Cabaret, Paris, France, 1896 AD

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Poster advertising the reopening of the Chat Noir Cabaret, Paris, France, 1896 AD
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I feel like this poster is in every high school French classroom.

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I was going to say that I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this on a bottle of wine at some point haha

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And a reasonable facsimile is on a ton of jazz albums. I was never good enough to put a black cat on mine

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The artist is Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.

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Theophile. Someone who really loves Theo.

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And Theo means God in Greek. Godloving, theophile.

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Theophilus. Someone who really loves two Theos

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Most people call him Phil

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Wait, this is from an actual place?!?!
My gf has that as a framed poster on her wall that she got from a second hand store! I didnt know!
Her poster mentions nothing of a reopening or the likes though!

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It’s a cabaret, there’s many versions of this poster

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I had this one as a fridge magnet!
Such a wonderful illustration.

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