About this artwork
The self-referential illustration for this menu, likely designed for a rambunctious stag party in honor of Georges Lasserre on December 22, 1896, epitomizes debauchery. Lasserre and a courtesan, outfitted only in a corset and bloomers, toast their neighbors and cavort beside a spilling bottle. An actor portraying a soldier floats above the dinner table, a curiously upright figure in an otherwise disorderly scene.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Title
- Le Suisse, Menu
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Origin
- France
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Date
- 1896
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Medium
- Color lithograph on ivory wove paper
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Dimensions
- 370 × 263 mm (image); 419 × 320 mm (sheet)
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Credit Line
- Carter H. Harrison Fund
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Reference Number
- 1954.212
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/80386/manifest.json
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