The Final Outing (from The Old Tales)
Medium
Brush and spatter lithograph printed in black with stencil coloring by another hand in yellow on mounted wove paper; only state
Dimensions
image: 10 7/16 x 7 3/16 in. (26.5 x 18.2 cm) sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 13/16 in. (36 x 27.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
Accession Number
49.55.153
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec *The Final Outing* (from *The Old Tales*), created in 1893, is a masterful example of his innovative printmaking during the vibrant fin-de-siècle Paris. in collaboration with printers Edouard Kleinmann and Goudezki, this and spatter lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper, with delicate yellow stencil coloring added by hand—a technique that lent each impression a unique, painterly quality. As the only state of this rare print (image: 10 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.), it exemplifies Lautrec's Post-Impressionist flair for blending fine art with commercial lithography, revolu...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Edouard Kleinmann|Jean Goudezki · 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...