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Divan Japonais - The lithography of the French postimpressionist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec of 1892/1893. Poster designed for the 1893 café-concert "Le divan japonais". Toulouse-Lautrec placed the elegant figure of Jane Avril in the foreground. The dancer sits in a lodge with art critic and music critic, Edouard Dujardin, during the performance of Yvette Guilbert (she will later be a friend of Toulouse-Lautrec). The artist applied his radical method of fragmentation, the edge of the poster cut Yvette Guilbert's head (we can know her by the characteristic black, long gloves, bright dress and slim silhouette). Jane Avril and her companion appear to be uninterested in Yvette's performance. Jane has a coquettish smile and Edouard is more fascinated by her charm than the show itself. Bibliography wiki