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Mademoiselle Marcel Lender,
1895
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864–1901; born Albi, France; died Château de Malromé, Saint-André-du-Bois, France
x1964-19
This lithograph, one of many images that Toulouse-Lautrec made of the popular Parisian dancer and actress Marcelle Lender, reveals several strategies borrowed from Japanese woodcuts, including the juxtaposition of flat areas of color and layers of decorative patterning. The close-up depiction of a beautiful woman in profile recalls Japanese images of actors and geishas. For his signature, the artist adapted Japanese publishers’ circular stamps, here reimagined with the three letters of his monogram: H T L.
Information
Title
Mademoiselle Marcel Lender
Dates
1895
Medium
Color lithograph
Dimensions
stone: 32.5 × 24.2 cm (12 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 35.9 x 27 cm. (14 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sally Sample Aall
Object Number
x1964-19
Place Made
Europe, France, Paris
Inscription
Monogram in stone, upper left
Reference Numbers
Adhémar 131; Adriani 115; Delteil 102; Wittrock 99
Culture
Type
Materials
Techniques
- "Acquisitions of 1964", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 24, no. 1 (1965): p. 20-23., p. 22
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Loys Delteil, “Volumes 10-11,” Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1969).
, no. 361 - Wolfgang Wittrock, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Prints (London: P. Wilson for Sotheby's Publications; New York: Harper and Row, 1985)., no. 21
- Götz Adriani, Toulouse-Lautrec, The Complete Graphic Works: A Catalogue Raisonné (London: Thames and Hudson, 1988)., no. 198
