This is a painting of a marching band procession. The scene depicts a group of individuals wearing blue coats and red hats, marching in formation. In the foreground, musicians play brass instruments such as the horn and tuba, leading the procession. The background shows the continuation of the marchers along a path edged by a building. To the left of the image, there is text listing a theatre program with titles such as "A Bas Le Progrès!", "Mademoiselle Julie", and "Le Ménage Brésilè". The text appears to frame the image as part of a theatrical playbill or advertisement. The artwork features colored pencil or crayon application, with a pointillist or stippling effect in its color. This is in the style of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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This is a painting of a marching band procession. The scene depicts a group of individuals wearing blue coats and red hats, marching in formation. In the foreground, musicians play brass instruments such as the horn and tuba, leading the procession. The background shows the continuation of the marchers along a path edged by a building. To the left of the image, there is text listing a theatre program with titles such as "A Bas Le Progrès!", "Mademoiselle Julie", and "Le Ménage Brésilè". The text appears to frame the image as part of a theatrical playbill or advertisement. The artwork features colored pencil or crayon application, with a pointillist or stippling effect in its color. This is in the style of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Bas Le Progrès!; Mademoiselle Julie; Le Ménage Brésile

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Date
1893
Medium
4-color lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 24.1 x 31.9 cm (9 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1995.76.30
Credit line
Gift of The Atlas Foundation
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Théâtre Libre

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • amusement
  • genre
  • lithograph
  • Theater program
  • civic
  • ceremony
  • France
  • military
  • Parade
  • Military parade
Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

lower right in stone: H G. Ibels; upper left printed: A BAS LE PROGRES!... / MADEMOISELLE JULIE... / LE MÉNAGE BRÉSILE / De la part de MM. Edmond de Goncourt, Auguste Strindberg et de Casanove, / et de M. Romain Coolus; upper right printed: LE THÉATRE / LIBRE / PROGRAMME / du 3me / SPECTACLE / de la Saison / 1892-1893; lower right printed: Paris. -Imp. Eugène VERNEAU, 108, rue de la Folie-Méricourt.

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