The Old Gentlemen (Les vieux messieurs)

1894

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

The image is a sketch showing a side profile of two people from about the knees up. The person on the right is positioned with her back slightly turned. She has a refined facial structure with her hair styled upward and adorned with small embellishments. She is dressed in a gown with dark fur trim around the shoulders and is holding a large, rounded object. The person on the left, partially obscured and facing toward the viewer, has a prominent mustache and is wearing a tall top hat. Both figures appear to be dressed in formal or elaborate clothing. The background of the image is mostly blank, filled with light speckles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.363

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 51, State only (2nd 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.

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

Q65356606

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