Aux Ambassadeurs / La Revue en Fêtes. 1898.

Artist: ADOLPH L. WILLETTE (1857-1926)
Size: 15 1/4 x 23 1/4 in./38.8 x 59 cm
Condition: A-/ Slight stain at horizontal fold.
Printer: Ed. Delanchy, Paris
Reference: Ref: DFP-II, 891; Negripub/Forney, 15; Negripub, 267; PAI-XXXIII, 612
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Black Images; Music; Jewish Interest; Cabaret

Aux Ambassadeurs / La Revue en Fêtes. 1898.
"The rise of cabarets and the music-hall in Belle Epoque Montmartre made it possible to popularize mixed couple dancers: the 1900 woman, whimsical and free of her body, happily slums with the Negro in the style of minstrel's shows. Adolphe Willette, caricaturist of Courrier Français and L'Assiette au Beurre, designed the costumes for the music hall show. There was the character of Mr. Brown who was simultaneously a Negro deputy, brother chauffeur, secretary of the theater, and soldier of the regiment. The revue allowed comments on political events: the anti-Semitic refrain 'down with the Jews, down with the Jews' punctuated the numbers" (Negripub, p. 182).