Deux chats couchés sur un canapé

A black cat and a Siamese lie together on a pink cushion on a sofa draped in patterned textiles — kilim-style reds, teals, and golds. The black cat's green eye catches the light. The Siamese is slightly behind, its pale face turned toward the viewer. Steinlen painted Deux chats couchés sur un canapé in 1896, the same year he made the Tournée du Chat Noir poster. The textiles are painted in thick, rich brushwork, and the cats' fur is rendered with the same attention to pattern and texture as the fabric around them.