Cover for "Au pied du Sinaï"

1898

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

The image depicts a landscape with a mountain, a figure standing on its summit, and a golden sky. The view is from an elevated position overlooking the scene, which includes a mountain range defining the horizon, a prominent sun, and various elements on the foreground like ruins. The brushstrokes convey a sense of rugged texture and flowing lines in the terrain, with a color palette of earth tones mixed with golden hues.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert M. Walker

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.3 x 41.3 cm (10 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.26.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 188, State only (regular book ed. 1898?)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 90, as Cover for Georges Clémenceau's Au pied du Sinaï.

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. 90.

Wikidata ID

Q65569216

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