Jouets De Paris
Medium
Lithograph on vellum
Dimensions
8-11/16 x 4-3/4 in. (22.1 x 12.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.598.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the masterful chronicler of Belle Époque Paris, collaborated with Paul Leclerq in 1901 to create *Jouets de Paris* ("Toys of Paris"), a delightful lithograph published by Librairie de la Madeleine. This intimate print, measuring just 8-11/16 x 4-3/4 inches, captures the whimsical world of Parisian clowns—those colorful "toys" of the city's vibrant entertainment scene. Lautrec, known for his Post-Impressionist posters glorifying Montmartre's cabarets, circuses, and performers, infused the work with his signature flair for the exuberant and the everyday. Printed on ve...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Paul Leclerq|Librairie de la Madeleine · 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...