Oscar Wilde and Romain Coolus—Program for Raphaël and Salomé
<p>The consummate French actress Sarah Bernhardt was slated to play the tragic lead in the premiere of Oscar Wilde’s <em>Salomé</em> in London in 1892, but legal issues shuttered that production. It eventually appeared in its original French in Paris in 1896, while Wilde was in prison for gross indecency. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s program for a double bill of <em>Salomé</em> and <em>Raphaël</em>, by the French playwright Romain Coolus, includes cast lists as well as portraits of the two authors.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1896
- Dimensions
- Image: 30.3 × 49.1 cm (11 15/16 × 19 3/8 in.); Sheet: 32.9 × 49.8 cm (13 × 19 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Painting
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa, known as Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator. His immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce popular works of art from decadent affairs.
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Record
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- 1896
- Dimensions
- Image: 30.3 × 49.1 cm (11 15/16 × 19 3/8 in.); Sheet: 32.9 × 49.8 cm (13 × 19 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1896-030082
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified