Lender Taking a Bow
Medium
Color lithograph on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 32.1 × 26.4 cm (12 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 51.7 × 40 cm (20 3/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
35798
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a leading Post-Impressionist known for his vivid depictions of Parisian nightlife, created this color lithograph in 1895. Born into aristocracy yet drawn to the bohemian world of Montmartre, Lautrec chronicled cabarets, theaters, and performers with unmatched intimacy and energy during the Belle Époque. The print captures actress and singer Marcelle Lender in a graceful bow, a typical subject for Lautrec who was fascinated by stage personalities. As a color lithograph on ivory wove paper, it showcases his innovative printmaking: he used multiple stones, crayon, and ...
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...