At the Moulin Rouge: La Goulue and Her Sister
Medium
Lithograph printed in six colors on wove paper; second state of two
Dimensions
Image: 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (44.5 x 34.3 cm) Sheet: 24 1/2 x 19 in. (62.2 x 48.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Bessie Potter Vonnoh, 1941
Accession Number
41.12.18
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Art Historical Context
Step into the electric world of 1890s Paris with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec *At the Moulin Rouge: La Goul and Her Sister* (1892), a lithograph that captures the cabaret's intoxicating nightlife. Toulouse-Lautrec, a chronicler of Montmartre's bohem scene, immortalizes La Goulue—star can-can dancer Louise Weber—and sister amid the Moulin Rouge's revelry. Printed in six colors on wove paper (this second state of two), the image measures 17½ × 13½ inches, its bold composition drawing viewers into a haze of laughter, dance, and fleeting glamour. Toulouse-Lautrec revolutionized poster art through hi...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Edward Ancourt|Boussod, Valadon and Co. · 1864–1901
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (1864-1901) was a French Post-Impressionist painter, printmaker, and illustrator whose innovative poster designs revolutionized graphic art and advertising in late 19th-century Paris. Born into an aristocratic family at Albi in southern France, Toulouse-Lautrec's privileged lineage traced back to the Counts of Toulouse and extended uninterrupted to th...