Polin - From Le Café Concert

Polin - From Le Café Concert  is an original print, realized in  1893  by  Henri-Gabriel Ibels .

Black and white lithograph on paper.

Good conditions, except for some ripples along the margins and a normal yellowing of paper.

The print is from the portfolio  Le Café   Concert , a suite of lithographs on  japon  paper by Lautrec and Henri-Gabriel Ibels, printed by Edward Ancourt & Cie and published in 1893 by l'Estampe Originale.

In this portfolio, working with the artist Henri-Gabriel Ibels and the writer Georges Montorgueil, Lautrec created an ode to the café-concert. Montorgueil’s essay argued that café-concerts are places for people from all walks of life to relax and communicate. Lautrec’s images capture a cross-section of people involved in the Parisian nightlife.

This print represents  a portrait of  Polin , a  French cabaret singer ("comique troupier") and actor.  Having become famous, he has sung at the Café des Ambassadeurs and then, for twenty years, at La Scala. His most successful songs were recorded initially on the cylinders of the time, many of which were reissued more recently on CDs.

Signature of the artist printed on the lower right.

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