Toulouse-Lautrec Mural
This portrait of cabaret singer Aristide Bruant by fin-de-siécle Parisian artist Toulouse-Lautrec has presided over the night life of Adams Morgan for 20 years. The mural was painted from a photograph by the restaurant's original owner, André Neveux. Although Neveux considered himself only an amateur, the image has entranced pedestrians and lured diners throughout several changes in the club's ownership.
2461 18th Street, NW
Artist: André Neveux
Date: 1980
Metro: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan (Red line). Metro bus going east at Connecticut Avenue and Calvert Street or a 5 - 10 minute walk across the Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge.
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