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Jockey-Club Sardines

A work made of color lithograph on tan wove paper.

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  • A work made of color lithograph on tan wove paper.

Date:

1897

Artist:

Henri Gustave Jossot (French, 1866-1951)
printed by Camis (Firm) (Czech, active 19th-20th century)

About this artwork

Although it is a common advertising technique today, the use of celebrities to sell everyday consumer products— such as canned sardines—was a relatively new practice in 1897. Henri Gustave Jossot, a contemporary of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, promoted the Saupiquet Sardines company with this comical scene of five famous Parisians clustered around a table. From left to right, Jossot illustrated French politician Sidi-Ali Bey (known as Philippe Grenier before his conversion to Islam), singer Yvette Guilbert, journalist and politician Henri Rochefort, actress Sarah Bernhardt, and, finally, the Montmartre performer Aristide Bruant.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Gustave Jossot

Title

Jockey-Club Sardines

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1897

Medium

Color lithograph on tan wove paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 125.5 × 201 cm (49 7/16 × 79 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter Kort Zegers in memory of his brother Hans Zegers (1943-2000)

Reference Number

2000.448

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