# What is this poster (art)?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poster-art/337206>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 26, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poster-art/337206 "2005-12-26T01:52:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poster-art/337206/1 "2005-12-26T01:52:32Z")

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At the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibit I saw a poster that was a black cat, maybe standing on a box with a very wild look on his face. He was holding a ?red? banner up high with a word on it that maybe started with a “G”. I don’t know that this poster was actually Toulouse-Lautrec…I don’t think so. I GMAO (Googled my…) and I couldn’t find it. Anyone here know what I’m talking about?

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poster-art/337206/2 "2005-12-26T02:56:03Z")

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[On this page?](http://www.lechatnoir.free.fr/chat_noir/page_273.htm)  
The one that says “gaudeamus”? Looks like a guy named Steinlen who specialized in le chat noir. 1890.

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poster-art/337206/3 "2005-12-26T02:57:25Z")

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Ah, looks like it’s on the [exhibition site](http://www.nga.gov/press/2004/192/images.htm) as well with lots of info.

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**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-poster-art/337206/4 "2005-12-26T03:05:58Z")

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Yep, that’s it. I knew the first person to answer would get it. I had googled Steinlen but I didn’t think to do a google image search. It was on the third page of the google image search I did just now. :smack:

Thanks!