Double harness - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

European Art Modern Art Paintings Prints

"Double harness" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1897) Lithograph touched with watercolor on cream wove paper.

Commentary

"Double harness" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1897) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Its painted surface guides your eye through color, brushwork, and contrast rather than through narrative alone. 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 touched with watercolor on cream wove paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (Image: 29.7 × 58.5 cm (11 3/4 × 23 1/16 in.); Sheet: 44.9 × 63 cm (17 11/16 × 24 13/16 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/38865

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