Irène Henry
Artist
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
(French, 1867 - 1936)
Date1894
MediumColor lithograph
DimensionsImage: 48 1/2 × 33 1/4 inches (123.19 × 84.46 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bloch
Object numberF84-4/10
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Exhibition HistoryArt on the Avenues: Posters from the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 16-July 28, 1996, no cat., as Irène Henry.
All the World's a Stage: Images of Theatre and Design, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 16-July 11, 2010, no cat., as Irène Henry.
All the World's a Stage: Images of Theatre and Design, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 7-August 5, 2018, no cat., as Irène Henry.
Henri-Gabriel Ibels was a prominent figure in avant-garde circles in 1890s Paris and well-known for his inventive poster designs, characterized by areas of flat color and a strong sense of decorative pattern. In this poster, he represents the singer Irène Henry performing outdoors at a café-concert, L'Horloge, on the Champs Élysées in Paris. Café-concerts enjoyed great popularity in late 19th century France and served as a more informal space (allowing consumption of food and drink) than more conventional concert halls. Here, Irène Henry artfully leans forward and is silhouetted against the trees, gas lights and evening sky. The poster announces that she performs "tous les soirs" or "every night."
Robert L. (b. 1952) and Barbara E. (née Klugman, b. 1958) Bloch, Shawnee Mission, KS, by January 19, 1984;
Given by Robert L. and Barbara E. Bloch to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1984.George L. McKenna, Prints, 1460-1995: The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996), 297, as Irène Henry.
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