La Macarona in the Costume of a Jockey - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Gift of Mrs. Leigh B. Block

European Art Modern Art Paintings Prints

"La Macarona in the Costume of a Jockey" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1893) Oil paint and watercolor, over charcoal, on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on cream woodpulp card.

Commentary

"La Macarona in the Costume of a Jockey" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1893) 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 narrativ e alone. Themes to notice include oil paintings (visual works). 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 oil paintings (visual works), which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Oil paint and watercolor, over charcoal, on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on cream woodpulp card) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (61.9 × 48.7 cm (24 3/8 × 19 3/16 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include oil paintings (visual works). Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/80091

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