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Chat Noir poster (1896).
We had Louis Wain yesterday so it only seems right to follow with the other notable cat artist of the period, and also the one whose work I prefer, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859–1923).
Steinlen’s designs for the Montmartre cabaret, Le Chat Noir, of which there are many variations, are dismayingly ubiquitous in contemporary [...]

An illustrated book from circa 1926 at the NYPL Digital Gallery. Art by T Hasegawa, words by Lafcadio Hearn.
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• 8 out of 10 cats prefer absinthe
• Monsieur Chat

Hermaphrodite behind Venus and Mercury (1973).
We had Austin Spare and absinthe yesterday. Looking at some of Arthur Tress’s photographs today I was reminded me of one of Spare’s hermaphrodite studies (below). The photo is from a series, Theater of the Mind, which Tress created during the 1970s.
• Arthur Tress at GLBTQ

Gynander: Mutation by Besz-Mass (1955).
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An Austin Spare pastel (?), Astral Body and Ghost, from the collection of Cyclobe’s Ossian Brown adorns the label of this edition of Absinthe Brevans. Would the artist approve? Do we have to ask? He spent much of his life haunting pubs and I’d be very surprised if he hadn’t tried absinthe when he was [...]

The Chemical Wedding by Madeline Von Foerster (2008).
Art lovers in the NYC area are advised to get down to the Saturday opening of this exhibition at the Dabora Gallery in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, for some great paintings and a free glass of absinthe. Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists is curated by Pam Grossman who runs [...]

Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry.
Now here’s a marriage made in heaven (or hell, depending on your point of view): Pere Ubu plus the Brothers Quay presenting Alfred Jarry’s 1896 classic of proto-surrealist theatre, Ubu Roi. I hope someone’s filming this given that there’s no guarantee I’ll be able to get down there to see it. [...]

The classic absinthe poster from 1896 by T Privat-Livemont (1861–1936), one of the best exponents of the post-Mucha style. Don’t let anyone tell you that using unclad women’s bodies in advertising is a new thing.

And a couple more Mucha-esque examples circa 1900, both credited to “Nover”, from the wide selection of absinthe graphics at the [...]

Well they would, wouldn’t they?
More great absinthe posters here.
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• Monsieur Chat

Flavor Lab in New Orleans make some incredible
wallpaper designs. This Art Nouveau-inspired
‘Flower of Love‘ design almost demands that any
room it decorates be used solely for drinking
absinthe and smoking opium.

Flavor Lab
4213 Chartres Street
New Orleans LA 70117