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Reine de Joie

A work made of color lithograph on tan wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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

Date:

1892

Artist:

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)
Victor Jose (French, 19th-20th century)

About this artwork

This colorful poster publicized French author Victor Joze’s controversial novel Reine de joie (Queen of joy), which follows a young courtesan in Paris who convinces the wealthy Jewish banker Baron de Rosenfeld to compensate her with his money in exchange for her company.  The fictional Rosenfeld was loosely based on the real Baron de Rothschild, andJoze played up anti-Semitic stereotypes of the 1890s that characterized Jewish bankers as greedy, dishonest, and unrefined.  The book and poster inspired protests by Rosenfeld and his friends, who tore the posters off the walls of Paris’s many bookshops.  

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Title

Reine de Joie

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1892

Medium

Color lithograph on tan wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 136.2 × 93 cm (53 5/8 × 36 5/8 in.); Sheets as pieced, sight: 143.8 × 99 cm (56 5/8 × 39 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.6114

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