The poster advertises Concert Bal tous les Soirs at Moulin Rouge. It's a familiar image, but this copy is unique. It is signed T. Lautrec and Eames.
Eames?
Our friend Blake Eames, artist, decorator, was in the midst of a project in our house when she found the poster in the basement. She knew just the place for it, as she does with things. But first she took it away, and with her paints, tweaked it to give it new life and style. And added her name.
The colors in our house are Blake's choices. She has spent a lot of time with us. During one period I began to think of her as our Eldin, the ever-present house painter in the "Murphy Brown TV series.
Blake is married to Willie Eames