Jane Avril

1899

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

This print is a poster featuring a woman in a dynamic pose. The woman's body is curved, her hips facing the right, her torso turned towards us, and her head looking to the left, tilted slightly backward. Her arms are bent and raised on either side of her head. She has off-white skin, bright red lips, a small nose, and yellow hair. She is wearing a long black dress with a red band at the hem. A blue and yellow snake appears to be wrapping around her body, its head on her chest. She wears a large red headdress that appears to have large feathers coming off of it. The background of the print is beige, and text on it reads "JANE Avril" on the left, with "H. Stern, Paris" and "1899" on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    5-color lithograph [poster] on thin wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 56 x 38 cm (22 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 56 x 38 cm (22 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.137

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, Vol. P, no. 29, State B

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979]; gift 1953 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • Toulouse-Lautrec Print Exhibition, Atlanta Art Association, 1956.

1959

  • The Great Century: France 1800-1900, The University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN, 1959.

1961

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

1965

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

  • Toulouse-Lautrec: Lithographs and Posters, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1965, no cat.

1970

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

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

1994

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

2005

  • Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005, no. 178.

2011

  • Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril: Beyond the Moulin Rouge, The Courtauld Gallery, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 2011, no. 14, repro.

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

Q65356791

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