Woman in Bed, Profile (Femme au lit, profil)

1896

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

The image shows two individuals in a bedroom setting. One person is seated on the bed with long, straight hair, looking to the right. The other person is standing next to the bed with short, curly hair, slightly leaning forward. Both individuals wear loose, flowing garments. The background has swirling, golden strokes, and the bed's headboard is visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on thin wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.5 x 52.5 cm (15 15/16 x 20 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1893

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 163, 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.

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 22.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 52, as Femme au lit, profil (Woman in Bed, Profile), from Elles.

2005

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

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. 52.

Watermarks

G. PELLET / T. LAUTREC

Wikidata ID

Q65508768

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