Artist: Toulouse-Lautrec French (1864-1901)
Title: Au Moulin-Rouge, Entree de Cha-u-kao
Plate: LR 6
Original page from the satirical weekly magazine "Le Rire"
Printed in Paris 8/2/1896.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival museum mat, with framing labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat via Fedex.
Certificate of Authenticity.
Sheet Size: 9 in x 12 in 23 cm x 31 cm
Price: Temporarily out of stock
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"The stars of the turn of the century, were the glory of the Moulin Rouge and figure in Lautrec's work (included 'la clownesse' Cha-U-Kao)... Chauhut-Chaos, the evocative name given the wild dances of the Moulin Rouge, was adopted in an oriental version by the performer Cha-U-Kao. She appeared at the Nouveau-Cirque and at the Moulin Rouge as clown, dancer, or even acrobat." (Dortu p.82, 83)