Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender, en buste

1895

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901

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Toulouse-Lautrec was from an aristocratic family, but he spent his adult life among the common people of Montmartre, and its cafés, cabarets, dance halls, and theater were the subjects of his art. In 1895 he became enthralled with Marcelle Lender, the star of the comic opera Chilpéric, in which she wore a headdress with two giant red poppies. He is said to have attended the show 20 nights in a row to watch her dance the bolero. Lender became the subject of several lithographs by Lautrec. Here he depicts her in mid-performance, her mouth open in song as she leans towards her audience. The focus on Lender’s head and shoulders points to the influence of nineteenth-century Japanese woodblock portraits of famous kabuki performers that had been recently imported into France. This technically difficult lithograph, which required eight stones, one for each exquisite color, exemplifies Lautrec’s mastery of the medium. From Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 89 (2015)

Title Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender, en buste

Artwork Date 1895

Artist Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec

Life Dates 1864-1901

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Lithograph printed in color ink on cream wove paper

Dimensions Image: 13 × 9 3/4 inches (33 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 14 1/2 × 11 inches (36.8 × 27.9 cm)

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Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Museum Purchase, Graphic Arts Council Purchase Fund

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2007-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender, en buste, 1895, lithograph printed in color ink on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Graphic Arts Council Purchase Fund, 2007.149.