Lender and Lavalliere (Lender et Lavallière)

1895

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

The image displays a pencil sketch featuring three individuals and a cat-like figure. The central character is standing straight, looking off to the side with a slightly tilted head, and wearing a cap with short hair visible underneath. They are dressed in a uniform with buttons or badges. Just behind them, another individual is sketched with long hair, part of which falls to one side, and adorned with a headpiece resembling feathers; this person is turning their head to face the central figure and holding a stick or cane. Further to the left, a third person is visible, though more faintly drawn, with long hair. In the background, an outline of a feline head with pointed ears sits atop the central figure. The backdrop is subtly textured with diagonal lines, and the sketch appears on a plain, light background with minimal markings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in olive green

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.377

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 110, State only


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.

1994

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

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

Q65356629

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