VII. Linger Longer, Loo
Medium
Lithograph printed with beige tint stone on vellum
Dimensions
19-5/8 x 14-7/8 in. (49.8 x 37.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. H. Wolf, 1917
Accession Number
17.52.9
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec *VII. Linger Longer Loo* (1898) captures the intimate, leisurely world of fin-de-si Paris through his signature Post-Impressionist lens. master of depicting the bohemian underbelly of Montmartre—cabarets, dancers, and the demimonde—this lithograph likely evokes a moment of feminine camaraderie, with its playful title referencing "loo," a popular card game, inviting viewers to "linger longer" in the scene's relaxed allure. Toulouse-Lautrec, who revolutionized commercial art with his bold posters for the Moulin Rouge and beyond, here turns his gaze to everyday women's l...
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...