The Box with the Gilded Mask
Medium
Crayon, brush, and spatter lithograph with scraper, printed in five colors on wove paper; only state
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 5/8 × 12 7/8 in. (47.3 × 32.7 cm) Image: 19 11/16 × 12 13/16 in. (50 × 32.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Clifford A. Furst, 1958
Accession Number
58.621.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's *The Box with the Gilded Mask* (1894) captures the seductive allure of fin-de-siècle Paris, likely advertising a theatrical performance or cabaret. Created in collaboration with printers H. Stern, Edouard Kleinmann, and Edward Ancourt, this vibrant lithograph features enigmatic women adorned with ornate masks, evoking mystery and revelry. Toulouse-Lautrec, a master of Post-Impressionist posters, immortalized the bohemian nightlife of Montmartre's music halls, blending sharp social observation with bold, flattened forms and vivid colors. The print's innovative techn...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|H. Stern|Edouard Kleinmann|Edward Ancourt · 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...