Cover for Les Courtes Joies - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Gift of Joseph R. Shapiro

European Art Modern Art Prints Sculpture

"Cover for Les Courtes Joies" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1897, printed and published 1925) Lithograph over a fawn tint from a second stone on grayish laid china paper.

Commentary

"Cover for Les Courtes Joies" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1897, printed and published 1925) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Because the work is spatial, changes in viewpoint and light can noticeably alter its emotional impact. Themes to notice include lithograph. This piece is held in the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901. The work is cataloged within a France cultural context. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as lithograph, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Lithograph over a fawn tint from a second stone on grayish laid china paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (Image: 18.2 × 24.8 cm (7 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.8 × 36.7 cm (11 × 14 1/2 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include lithograph. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/82015

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data