IV. A Menilmontant de Bruant
Medium
Lithograph printed with beige tint stone on laid paper
Dimensions
19-3/4 x 14-7/8 in. (50.2 x 37.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. H. Wolf, 1917
Accession Number
17.52.6
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Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's *IV. À Menilmontant de Bruant* (1898) is a captivating lithograph printed with a beige tint stone on laid paper, measuring 19-3/4 x 14-7/8 inches. This print, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (gift of Mrs. H. Wolf, 1917), exemplifies the artist's mastery of lithography during Paris's Belle Époque. Toulouse-Lautrec, a Post-Impressionist innovator, revolutionized printmaking by blending fine art with bold advertising posters, often capturing the gritty glamour of Montmartre's cabaret scene. The title references Aristide Br...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 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...