Rue des Moulins, 1894

1894

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

Shown from the knees up, two pale-skinned women stand in profile facing our left, holding their skirts around their waists so their buttocks and thighs are exposed in this vertical painting. The scene is streaked with opalescent, loose strokes and stringy lines that resemble drawing. Both women wear dark green, thigh-high stockings and step forward onto one foot. They faintly smile as they look ahead of them with heavy-lidded eyes. The woman on our left has blond hair gathered at the back of her neck and a fleshy, jowly face. Her lilac-purple, sleeveless garment hangs loosely from her shoulders. The woman on our right has flame-red hair, a flushed face, and round cheeks. Her mint-green garment is hooked over her shoulders like a short cape. Strokes of light brown, petal pink, teal blue, and dusty rose are layered over their pale buttocks and thighs. A third woman behind them and to our right faces away from us. Her dress is blocked in with spruce green, and she has brown hair. The walls of the room are painted with crimson-red lines against the brown of the cardboard on which this is painted. A shimmering blue rectangle could be a window or reflective surface on the far wall. The artist signed the lower right corner with interlocking capital H, T, and L.

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 80

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on cardboard on wood

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 83.5 x 61.4 cm (32 7/8 x 24 3/16 in.)
    framed: 110.2 x 88.9 cm (43 3/8 x 35 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.69

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Paul Gallimard [1850-1929], Paris; sold to (Paul Cassirer) and (Etienne Bignou); by whom sold May 1930 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1943

  • Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

1980

  • Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting 1880-1906, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, no. 120, repro.

1994

  • Toulouse-Lautrec: Marcelle Lender in "Chilpéric", National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995, not in brochure.

2010

  • From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1943

  • Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943:, unpaginated, repro.

1965

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 134, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 131.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 118, repro.

  • Gandolfo, Giampaolo et al. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Great Museums of the World. New York, 1968: 89-90, color repro.

1971

  • Dortu, M.G. Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre. 6 vols. New York, 1971:III:P557, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 350, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 529, no. 792, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 401, repro.

1991

  • Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 239.

1992

  • Milner, Frank. Toulouse-Lautrec. Greenwich, Connecticut, 1992: 124, repro.

1997

  • Tamura, Ryuichi. Lautrec Story. Japan, 1997: 44, repro.

2008

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901. Exh. cat. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2008: 88, fig. 110.

Inscriptions

lower right atelier stamp in red: HTL (Lugt 1338)

Wikidata ID

Q20190438

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