For You (Pour toi!...)

1893

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

The image shows a person seated from the side in a slightly hunched position. The person has short hair, a pronounced nose, and a mustache, wearing a dark suit with a white collar. They hold a long object. Behind them is a figure resembling a devil or demon, with horns and a smile. The background has swirling patterns with light and dark colors.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    4-color lithograph on velin paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 37.9 x 27.3 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.323

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 6, State only (1st ed.)

  • Series Title

    Vieilles histoires: pl.2 [Del. 18-23]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1970

  • Toulouse-Lautrec Lithographs, Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center, Pine Bluff, AR, 1970.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 120, as Pour toi! (For You!).

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.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 120.

Wikidata ID

Q65356488

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