Turneresque

Art of the Colonies

Exhibition
10 Feb – 30 Jun 1996

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Exhibition

Dance Hall Days
French posters from Chéret to Toulouse-Lautrec

Past Exhibition
A lithograph poster of a woman enjoying a glass of absinthe and the words absinthe vichet are in red text against a green banner.

27 Jun 1998 – 25 Oct 1998

Colour lithography posters from late 19th century Paris advertised and celebrated the popular dance halls and cafés-concerts.