Tailpiece from Au Pied du Sinaï
Medium
Reproduction of a lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 4.3 × 2 cm (1 3/4 × 13/16 in.); Sheet: 10.8 × 6.1 cm (4 5/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
Classification
print (reproduction)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
146798
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec a leading French artist of the late century linked to Post-Impressionism, produced this small tailpiece in 1897 Celebrated for his bold, observational style and innovative printmaking, Lautrec often depicted the lively world of Paris through posters, drawings, and book illustrations. This work is a reproduction of a lithograph on cream wove paper, a medium he mastered to create striking images with economical lines and flattened forms that conveyed movement and character even at a tiny scale. A tailpiece is a decorative illustration placed at the end of a chapter or ...
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...