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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Yvette Guilbert Taking a Curtain Call, 1894

Description

Maker

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901, French

Title

Yvette Guilbert Taking a Curtain Call

Year

1894

Medium

Watercolor, crayon, and oil paint on tracing paper mounted to cardboard

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • watercolor,
  • crayon,
  • oil paint

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped LL with artist's monogram, Lugt 1338.

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

35.540

Projects & Publications

Publications

Toulouse-Lautrec and the Stars of Paris. April 7 - August 4, 2019

Selection V

French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910

Exchange Exhibition, Exhibition Exchange

From the Collection of Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; From the Collection of The Museum of Art, Rhode

Six Centuries of French Master Drawings in America

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901

Dessins, estampes, affiches

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh

June 5 - October 26, 2008

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

July 8 - August 28, 1988

Selection V

April 29 - May 25, 1975

Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University

February 16 - April 2, 1967

Exhibition of Drawings and Lithographs by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

January 1 - February 5, 1949

Master Drawing from the Museum and a Private Collection

June 19 - October 27, 1946

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