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ABEL TRUCHET (1857-1918) LE JOURNAL / PROSTITUÈE. 63 1/2x91 7/8 inches. Pichot, Paris. Condition B+/B: overpainting, restored losses, repaired tears and creases in margins and image. Two sheets. Abel Truchet was a shopkeeper who discovered his artistic talent at the ago of 33. Along with Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen and Adolph Willette he was one of the key members of the early circle of artists in Montmartre. Truchet, like the others, decorated cabarets, worked for magazines and designed posters. He died fighting in the trenches during the First World War. Artistically this poster is of a level that can favorably be compared to Toulouse-Lautrec or Steinlen, yet it exudes Truchet's personal style. Le Journal was a popular daily newspaper that specialized in serializing realistic novels about the Parisian demimonde. This scene takes place in a working class Parisian neighborhood during a police raid. Caught between the shadows of the night and the aggressive, yellow electric light from street lamps, a crowd is shown fleeing. On the right side of the image, a prostitute, who is the title character of this story, has been apprehended by a policeman. The scene is realistic and filled with great movement and a masterful treatment of colors. Rare.
