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{{Short description|Lithograph poster by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec}}

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Divan Japonais is a lithograph poster by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.WEB,weblink Divan Japonais, 1892–93, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 24 November 2014, It was created to advertise a café-chantant that was at the time known as Divan Japonais.NEWS,weblink Jones on art - The Van Gogh of sex, Jonathan Jones, Jonathan Jones (journalist), 11 September 2004, The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, 24 November 2014, The poster depicts three persons from the Montmartre of Toulouse-Lautrec's time. Dancer Jane Avril is in the audience.WEB,weblink Divan Japonais 1893, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 24 November 2014, Beside her is writer Édouard Dujardin. They are watching a performance by Yvette Guilbert. Though her face is not included in the poster, she is recognizable by her tall, thin frame and long black gloves.

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