Jane Avril (from Le Café Concert)
Medium
Brush and spatter lithograph printed in black on wove paper; only state
Dimensions
Image: 10 1/2 × 8 7/16 in. (26.6 × 21.5 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 3/8 in. (44.5 × 31.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
Accession Number
23.30.3.1
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Art Historical Context
In the vibrant world of 1890s Paris, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec the electric energy of café-concert performers in his *Jane Avril (from Le Café Concert)* a masterful 1893 brush and sp lithograph. Printed in black on wove paper, this only-state impression showcases the artist's innovative technique, blending fluid brushstrokes with spattered effects to evoke movement and immediacy. Jane Avril, a celebrated dancer known for her dynamic stage presence, is depicted with Toulouse-Lautrec's signature for the demimonde of Montmartre nightlife. This print hails from *Le Café Concert*, a collaborative ...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Edward Ancourt|l'Estampe Originale|Georges Montorgueil · 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...