Woman on Her Back (Femme sur le dos)

1896

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

The image features a sketch of a person reclining on a bed. The person is lying on their back with one knee bent and arms behind their head. The face is softly sketched with suggested closed eyes and loose hair. The person is partially covered by a blanket or sheet. The setting appears to be a bedroom with simple elements in the background. The sketch is in a muted tone with reddish-brown lines on a neutral background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in green and red-brown

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 40 x 52.2 cm (15 3/4 x 20 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 40 x 52.2 cm (15 3/4 x 20 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.154

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 165, State only

  • Series Title

    Elles [Del. 179-189]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1954

  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Lowe Gallery at the Univerity of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; Telfair Academy, Savannah, GA, 1954.

1956

  • Toulouse-Lautrec Print Exhibition, Atlanta Art Association, 1956.

1961

  • Toulouse-Lautrec Lithographs, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ, 1961.

2005

  • Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005, no. 259l.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

1985

  • Wittrock, Wolfgang, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Prints, 2 vols. London and New York, 1985.

Wikidata ID

Q65073074

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