Le Suisse, Menu
- Medium
- Color lithograph on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 37 × 26.3 cm (14 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 41.9 × 32 cm (16 1/2 × 12 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Lithograph
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)lithograph
About
The self-referential illustration for this menu, likely designed for a rambunctious stag party in honor of Georges Lasserre on December 22, 1896, epitomizes debauchery. Lasserre and a courtesan, outfitted only in a corset and bloomers, toast their neighbors and cavort beside a spilling bottle. An actor portraying a soldier floats above the dinner table, a curiously upright figure in an otherwise disorderly scene.
