Black Cats Collage Journal — Vintage Le Chat Noir Art Nouveau Ephemera

Few images in the history of graphic art proved as versatile or as charged with meaning as the black cat. Between the 1880s and the 1940s, it appeared on cabaret posters in Montmartre, cigarette packets in London, pulp magazine covers in Boston, and good-luck cards in Edwardian England — simultaneously a symbol of bohemian freedom and commercial elegance, of mystery and modernity.

This journal wraps that entire archive around a single object. The full-wrap mosaic collage brings together Steinlen’s iconic 1896 Le Chat Noir silhouette and his 1920 Art Deco variant, covers from The Black Cat magazine (April 1902 and 1904), Black Cat cigarette advertisements, Catz Bitters, Café Chat Noir, Le Tango du Chat sheet music, The Black Cat Rag, Paris Night, Frenchy’s Black Cat restaurant, Conserves Imperial, Japanese cat art, and British good-luck cards — a century of feline symbolism in a single continuous composition.

Product Details

• Format: Hardcover journal
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
• Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
• Weight: 100 g
• Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap mosaic collage
• Design: Original collage by LeBonJournal — vintage black cat ephemera, 1880s–1940s

Perfect For

• Art Nouveau and Belle Époque collectors
• Cat lovers and vintage poster enthusiasts
• Parisian culture and cabaret history fans
• Graphic design and ephemera collectors
• Anyone who appreciates the intersection of art, advertising, and cultural history
• A striking gift for those who love cats, Paris, or the golden age of print

The Story Behind the Collage

From Steinlen’s Montmartre to American pulp fiction, from British cigarette brands to Japanese good-luck prints — read the full history of the black cat in art and advertising on our blog →