The Hairdresser - Program for the Théâtre Libre (Le coiffeur - Programme du Théâtre Libre)

1893

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

The image shows two people, a seated woman and another woman standing behind her. The seated woman is depicted from the side and slightly from behind, with long, flowing blonde hair and subtle facial features. She is holding an oval-shaped hand mirror in her right hand and wearing a loose-fitting garment. The standing woman has short hair pulled upward and is wearing a loose robe with vertical stripes. She is shown combing or styling the seated woman's hair. The background consists of a textured surface with vertical lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in green-black, yellow, and red

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.317

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 15, State ii/ii (1st ed.)


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1961

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

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 25.

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

Q65356478

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