POSTERS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
LE CHAT NOIR, 1896
Created as an advertisement poster for tour performances of the famous shadow theatre run by Parisian nightclub Le Chat Noir, Art Nouveau painter and printmaker Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen’s aloof, watchful black cat has become as iconic as the club itself. Le Chat Noir – regarded by many as the first cabaret club – originally opened in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris in 1881, and was soon frequented by all manner of artistic and literary avant-garde patrons, including painter and printmaker Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
DIGNITY, NO LESS, 1968
One of the defining moments of
