A l'Olympia

A l'Olympia — Eugène Delâtre. c. 1895.

Medium: drypoint. Dimensions: Image: 22.9 x 15.2 cm (9 x 6 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Working in Paris at the end of the 1800s, Eugène Delâtre favored scenes taken from contemporary life. In this print, he depicted the crowd at Olympia, a nightclub opened by the creators of the popular Moulin Rouge and featured ballet and music performances. The image highlights the venue as a site of social mixing, as bourgeois gentlemen appear alongside a performer who resembles the popular performer Jane Avril. Delâtre experimented avidly with etching, often adding color or exploring technical variations such as drypoint, as he used here

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.