Poor Street-Walker! - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection

"Poor Street-Walker!" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1893) Color lithograph on cream wove paper.

Commentary

"Poor Street-Walker!" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1893) 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 expressiv e work. 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 (Color lithograph on cream wove paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (Image: 23.7 × 17.2 cm (9 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 34.8 × 27.8 cm (13 3/4 × 11 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/63576

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