Loading
Yvette Guilbert
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrecc. 1894
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This drawing depicts Yvette Guilbert, a popular Parisian cabaret performer who was the subject of numerous prints, posters, drawings, and paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Here, Lautrec began to work out the composition of a poster that Guilbert commissioned from him to publicize her upcoming season at Les Ambassadeurs, a popular night club. A more finished study is part of the collection of the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi, France, but the poster itself was never realized after Guilbert rejected the design as unflattering.
Show lessRead more
Download this artwork (provided by The Cleveland Museum of Art).
Learn more about this artwork.
Details
- Title: Yvette Guilbert
- Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)
- Date Created: c. 1894
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 135.2 x 73 cm (53 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: Mr. Cornelius Sullivan, New York, Leonard C. Hanna, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.455
- Medium: black crayon
- Inscriptions: signed, in black crayon, at upper right: TLautrec; initialed (monogram), in black crayon at right center.
- Fun Fact: Yvette Guilbert's cabaret act was centered on the distinctive long black gloves that she wore during performances.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 1950.455
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
