Bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender (Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender, en buste)

1895

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

The image shows a sketched portrait of a person's upper body in a side profile. The person has their head slightly turned downward and to the side, with detailed facial features including the nose, lips, eyes, and hair pulled up. The person appears to be resting their chin or cheek against a surface or hand. They are depicted wearing clothing with a high ruffled collar and a textured bodice, possibly with lace. In the background, there is a frame enclosing the sketch and a circular emblem or monogram. There are no other discernible objects in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph printed in olive green on Japan paper [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50.5 × 32 cm (19 7/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
    image: 32.5 × 24.2 cm (12 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.184

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 99, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

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

1994

  • Toulouse-Lautrec: Marcelle Lender in "Chilpéric", National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995, as Bust of Mlle Marcelle Lender.

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.

Inscriptions

recto: in stone, at upper left: artist's monogram; in litho or conte crayon [?], below image, at left: T-Lautrec; verso: in graphite, at bottom center, in later hand 5 [circled] / HP; in graphite, at bottom right, in later hand: XV [upsidedown]

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65073148

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