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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Yvette Guilbert Taking a Curtain Call

Maker

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)

Title

Yvette Guilbert Taking a Curtain Call

Year

1894

Medium

  • watercolor,
  • crayon,
  • and oil paint on tracing paper mounted to cardboard

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • watercolor,
  • crayon,
  • and oil paint on tracing paper mounted to cardboard

Materials

watercolor, crayon, oil paint

Dimensions

41.7 x 24.5 cm (16 7/16 x 9 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Stamped LL with artist's monogram, Lugt 1338.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

35.540

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Publications

  • Books

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

  • Books

Exchange Exhibition, Exhibition Exchange: From the Collection of Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; From the Collection of The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 17: Variance

This issue complements the RISD Museum exhibition Variance: Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Disability, on view through October 9, 2022.

  • Books

Selection V: French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

French watercolors and drawings from the Museum's collection, ca. 1800-1910

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh
Gifts from Eliza Greene Radeke and Helen Metcalf Danforth
Jun 05, 2008 – Oct 26, 2008

Label copy

Toulouse-Lautrec was spellbound by the cabarets and indoor cafés of the Parisian Montmartre neighborhood. He became personal friends with many of the female performers and had a lasting effect upon their celebrity through the advertisements and print series he created to honor them. Perhaps the most famous of all the performers was Yvette Guilbert. In this watercolor study for the series of lithographs, Album Yvette Guilbert, he depicted her in her trademark costume: black gloves and a simple satin dress with a deep v-neck in front and back. Although Guilbert did not appreciate Toulouse-Lautrec’s characterization of her irregular features, the album of lithographs nonetheless increased her recognition and renown considerably.

Stage Designs by Donald M. Oenslager
Jul 08, 1988 – Aug 28, 1988
Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University
Feb 16, 1967 – Apr 02, 1967
Exhibition of Drawings and Lithographs by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jan 01, 1949 – Feb 05, 1949
Master Drawing from the Museum and a Private Collection
Jun 19, 1946 – Oct 27, 1946

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)
Yvette Guilbert Taking a Curtain Call, 1894
Watercolor, crayon, and oil paint on tracing paper mounted to cardboard
41.7 x 24.5 cm (16 7/16 x 9 11/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 35.540

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