Cover - Yvette Guilbert
Medium
Lithograph on blue wove paper
Dimensions
21-1/4 x 16-1/8 in. (54.0 x 41.0 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. H. Wolf, 1917
Accession Number
17.52.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec *Cover - Yvette Guil* (1898) captures the vibrant spirit of fin-de-siècle Paris, time when Montmartre's cabarets pulsed with artistic and bohemian energy. This lithograph on blue wove paper portrays the iconic performer Yvette Guilbert, star of the café-concert scene known for her wit, elongated features, and provocative songs. Toulouse-Lautrec, a Post-Impressionist master of printmaking, immortalized performers like Guilbert in his posters, elevating them from entertainment figures to cultural icons. Printed in rich colors on textured blue paper, the work showcases ...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1864–1901
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (1864-1901) was a French Post-Impressionist painter, printmaker, and illustrator whose innovative poster designs revolutionized graphic art and advertising in late 19th-century Paris. Born into an aristocratic family at Albi in southern France, Toulouse-Lautrec's privileged lineage traced back to the Counts of Toulouse and extended uninterrupted to th...