I. Sur la Scene
Medium
Lithograph printed with beige tint stone on laid paper
Dimensions
19-5/8 x 14-7/8 in. (49.8 x 37.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. H. Wolf, 1917
Accession Number
17.52.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec *I. Sur la Scene* (1898), meaning "On the Stage," the electric atmosphere of fin-de-siècle Parisian nightlife. A master of Post-Impressionism, Lautrec immortalized the bohemian world of Montmartre cabarets like the Moulin Rouge, focusing on performers, dancers, and theater scenes with unflinching realism and psychological depth. This lithograph likely depicts a female figure mid-performance, evoking the glamour and grit of Belle Époque entertainment, where women shone as stars amid a shadowy underworld. Printed in lithography with a beige tint stone on laid paper (19...
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...