La Goulue

1894

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

The image shows a drawing of a man and a woman dancing. The woman has her hair in an updo, wears a blouse with puffed sleeves, and has one arm around the man's shoulder. The man is taller, wearing a top hat and a suit, with one arm raised in a dancing pose. The background has sketchy outlines of other figures, possibly dancers or an audience. The artwork uses minimal color, focusing on line and shading for form and movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in olive green on velin paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.158

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 65, State only (1st ed.)

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.

1965

  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, 1965.

  • Toulouse-Lautrec: Lithographs and Posters, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1965, no cat.

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

Q65073080

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