Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901), Confetti,, 1894. Color lithograph, sheet: 22 9/16 × 17 5/8 in. (57.31 × 44.77 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley. M1977.50.
Advertisement for confetti manufactured by the paper company J. & E. Bella in London
Ardent affichomaniaques, the owners of Bella paper company organized posters exhibitions at the Royal Aquarium, London, in 1894 and 1896. They used Lautrec’s charming poster not only to advertise their new paper confetti but also as the frontispiece to the catalogue of their 1894 exhibition.
Exhibition label, Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries, Baker/Rowland Galleries, June 1–September 9, 2012. Written by Mary Weaver Chapin, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings.
