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Le Suisse, Menu

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Date: 1896
Medium: Color lithograph on ivory wove paper
Culture: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago

The self-referential illustration for this menu, likely designed for a rambunctious stag party in honor of Georges Lasserre on December 22, 1896, epitomizes debauchery. Lasserre and a courtesan, outfitted only in a corset and bloomers, toast their neighbors and cavort beside a spilling bottle. An actor portraying a soldier floats above the dinner table, a curiously upright figure in an otherwise disorderly scene.

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