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Yvette Guilbert

c. 1894

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

(French, 1864–1901)

France, 19th century

Black crayon

Framed: 135.2 x 73 cm (53 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)

Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1950.455

Catalogue raisonné: Dortu D.3.639

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Yvette Guilbert's cabaret act was centered on the distinctive long black gloves that she wore during performances.

Description

This drawing depicts Yvette Guilbert, a popular Parisian cabaret performer who was the subject of numerous prints, posters, drawings, and paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Here, Lautrec began to work out the composition of a poster that Guilbert commissioned from him to publicize her upcoming season at Les Ambassadeurs, a popular night club. A more finished study is part of the collection of the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi, France, but the poster itself was never realized after Guilbert rejected the design as unflattering.

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Inscription

signed, in black crayon, at upper right: TLautrec; initialed (monogram), in black crayon at right center.

Provenance

?-?

Mr. Cornelius Sullivan, New York

?-1950

Leonard C. Hanna, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

1950-

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, April - June 1953." Art Quarterly 16, no. 4 (Winter 1953): 346-365. Mentioned: p. 353

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and reproduced: no. 604 archive.org

Milliken, William. In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and reproduced: no. 131

Dortu, M. G. Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre. New York: Collectors Editions, 1971. Mentioned: p. 604, D.e.639; Reproduced: p. 605

Toulouse-Lautrec. Exh. Cat. London: Hayward Gallery, 1991. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 328

Exhibition history

Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

The Artist and the Theater. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-September 12, 1960).

Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).

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