À Menilmontant by Bruant, plate four from Yvette Guilbert - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Gift of Walter S. Brewster

"À Menilmontant by Bruant, plate four from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898, printed 1930) Lithograph (crayon with scraper) in sanguine (red-brown) on cream wove paper hinged at top corners to gray-brown wove paper.

Commentary

"À Menilmontant by Bruant, plate four from Yvette Guilbert" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1898, printed 1930) 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. Theme s 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) printed by Westminster Press (English, 20th century) published by the Ernest Brown & Phillips (English, 20th century). 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 (crayon with scraper) in sanguine (red-brown) on cream wove paper hinged at top corners to gray-brown wove paper) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (Image: 29.6 × 24.1 cm (11 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Primary support: 35 × 26.7 cm (13 13/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 49.7 × 37.1 cm (19 5/8 × 14 5/8 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/6162

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