Reine de Joie

Prints and Drawings

1892

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

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.

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Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Title: Reine de Joie
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 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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