Looking in a Mirror
Medium
Lithograph printed in three colors on wove paper
Dimensions
20-7/16 x 15-3/4 in. (51.9 x 40.0 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982
Accession Number
1984.1203.166(8)
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Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec *Looking in a Mirror* (1896) captures an intimate moment from the vibrant, shadowy world of fin-de-siècle Paris. master of Post-Impressionism, Toulouse-Lautrec chronicled the bohemian of Montmartre—cabarets, dancers, and courtesans—withinching honesty. This lithograph likely depicts a woman in quiet reflection, gazing into a mirror, evoking themes of vanity, identity, and the private lives of women in Belle Époque society. Created during the artist's peak productivity, it reflects his fascination with the demimonde, blending observation with empathy. Printed in three...
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...