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Property from a Private Collection, United States
Michel Richard-Putz
Midnight at Tabarin (Minuit à Tabarin)
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October 6, 03:51 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Property from a Private Collection, United States
Michel Richard-Putz
French 1868 - 1934
Midnight at Tabarin (Minuit à Tabarin)
signed lower left: Michel Richard-Putz
oil on canvas
canvas: 55 by 83 ⅛ in.; 139.7 by 211 cm
framed: 64 by 92 in.; 162.5 by 233.6 cm
In the Collection of the Palais de l'Unesco, Paris;
With Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans;
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004.
Catalogue illustré du Salon de 1909, Société des artistes français, p. 311, no.1503
Paris, Grand Palais, Salon de 1909, no.1503
The Bal Tabarin was the major cabaret rival of the Moulin Rouge in Montmartre, where its dancers performed the famous French cancan danse. Bal Tabarin was located at 36, rue Victor-Massé in the 9th arrondissement.