Woman Washing Herself (Femme qui se lave)

1896

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

The image depicts the upper half of a woman's body from behind. She is bending forward with her left hand in a basin and her right arm raised towards her back. Her head is tilted downwards, her hair is styled loosely and tied back at the nape of her neck. The woman appears to be wearing a light garment or cloth draped around her lower body, while her back is bare. Various indistinct objects are around the basin along with cabinetry and artwork on the wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on thin wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 52 x 40.1 cm (20 1/2 x 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1891

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 160, State only

  • Series Title

    Elles [Del. 179-189]

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. 54, as Femme qui se lave (Woman Washing Herself), from Elles.

2005

  • Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005, no. 259g.

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. 54.

Wikidata ID

Q65508766

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