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The Laundress
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec produced this drawing to illustrate an article about Parisian summers. It presents the type of poorly paid worker who remained in the city while others traveled to escape the urban heat. Because the image was to be reproduced in black and white, Toulouse-Lautrec thinned and brushed ink, scraping into it to expose fine white highlights. Like several artworks in Cleveland’s collection, the drawing was formerly owned by Roger Marx, a French collector, curator, and art critic who built perhaps the most substantial holdings of Toulouse-Lautrec’s work around the turn of the century.
| Artist / Maker | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
|---|---|
| Date | 1888 |
| Culture / Origin | France, 19th century |
| Medium | black and gray wash with white paint, scratched away in places, on gray cardboard prepared with white ground |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 75.9 x 63.1 cm (29 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.) |
| Department | Drawings |
| Type | Drawing |
About the Artist
BiographyHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) — French painter and illustrator (1864–1901).Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec worked as poster artist, lithographer, painter, graphic artist and printmaker and is associated with France. Their documented life spans the years 1864 to 1901, born in Albi, died in Saint-André-du-Bois. Their work is linked to Post-impressionism.Disciplinesposter artist, lithographer, painter, graphic artist, printmakerBorn1864, AlbiDied1901, Saint-André-du-BoisNationalityFranceMovementPost-impressionismSources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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