The Trap

1880

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Painter, French, 1864 - 1901

In the center of this painting, there is a horse-drawn cart turned away from us, facing the right. In the cart is a person wearing dark blue clothing and a dark hat, and next to them is a white-and-pink bundle that could be another person. The cart is pulled by a grey-blue horse, and another person stands in front the horse, wearing gray clothing and tall black boots. The rest of the painting is filled with swirls of brown and different shades of green, giving the impression of dense foliage. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible, especially those that paint that background. At the bottom of the painting, some light marks have been made in the paint.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.9 x 21.9 cm (6 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)
    framed: 25.6 x 31.4 x 3.5 cm (10 1/16 x 12 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.59.13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R. Ellissen, Paris, probably until at least 1947.[1] Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1994 to NGA.
[1]Published as Ellissen in 1926; lent by "Elisseu" to 1947 exhibition in Paris according to label on the back of the painting. This could be Robert Ellissen [c. 1872-1957], one of the collectors of La Peau d'Ours.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Toulouse-Lautrec, trentenaire, Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1931, no. 6, as Charrette Anglaise.

1947

  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, 1947, no. 167, as Charette anglaise.

  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1947, no. 2, as Cabriolet.

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1947, no. 2, as Ponywagon.

2017

  • Il mondo fuggevole di Toulouse-Lautrec [The Fleeting World of Toulouse-Lautrec], Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2017-2018, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1926

  • Joyant, Maurice. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901. Paris, 1926: 252, as Charette anglaise.

1971

  • Dortu, M.G. Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre. 6 vols. New York, 1971:II:P34, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: HTL (in monogram) Monfa

Wikidata ID

Q20188872

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