Sleepless Night
Medium
color lithograph
Dimensions
image: 25.7 × 17.3 cm · sheet: 32.4 × 24.8 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Dr. Terence D. Isakov & Joyce Isakov
Accession Number
2023.145
Tags
male
About this artwork
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec experimented with the recently invented technique of lithography. In addition to fine art prints, he often created ephemera, including posters and sheet music—such as this example. It was commissioned as a cover illustration for Nuit Blanche, a poem by Jean Goudezki that was set to music composed by Désiré Dihau, a well-known bassoonist.