The Cleveland Museum of Art
Yvette Guilbert
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.
Provenance
Mr. Cornelius Sullivan, New York; Leonard C. Hanna, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
135.2 × 73 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
1950.455
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)
Drawings • France, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery