Cover for Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection

"Cover for Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1894) Lithograph on gray-brown wove paper laid down on board.

Commentary

"Cover for Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1894) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. The print-based method rewards close viewing, where line, texture, and contrast do most of the expressive work. T hemes 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 on gray-brown wove paper laid down on board) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (Image: 38.4 × 40.5 cm (15 1/8 × 16 in.); Sheet, folded: 40.8 × 39.4 cm (16 1/8 × 15 9/16 in.); Sheet, unfolded: 40.8 × 78.7 cm (16 1/8 × 31 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/7635

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