Tailpiece from Au Pied du Sinaï
Medium
Reproduction of a lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 5.8 × 6.8 cm (2 5/16 × 2 11/16 in.); Sheet: 11.3 × 11.1 cm (4 1/2 × 4 3/8 in.)
Classification
print (reproduction)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
72429
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
This small tailpiece is a reproduction of a lithograph created in 1897 by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec for the publication *Au Pied du Sina*. A leading figure of Post-Impressionism,-Lautrec was celebrated for his innovative graphic work that captured the spirit of late-19th-century Paris. Lithography, a process of drawing with greasy crayon on stone, suited his fluid, expressive line and allowed him to produce illustrations with remarkable immediacy and tonal richness. Intended as a decorative ending to a section of text, the compact image (just under three inches across) reflects the artist’s skil...
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...