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This is a painting of a promotional cover with black silhouettes and text. It features the name "Yvette Guilbert" and "texte de Gustave Geffroy orné par H. de Toulouse-Lautrec." The cover includes a bold silhouette of an extended arm, hand, and lower body, with sharp, angular lines and diagonal lines for a dynamic composition. The artwork is rendered in stark black ink against a light background, resembling the style of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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This is a painting of a promotional cover with black silhouettes and text. It features the name "Yvette Guilbert" and "texte de Gustave Geffroy orné par H. de Toulouse-Lautrec." The cover includes a bold silhouette of an extended arm, hand, and lower body, with sharp, angular lines and diagonal lines for a dynamic composition. The artwork is rendered in stark black ink against a light background, resembling the style of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

National Gallery of Art · Portfolio

Album Cover

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Date
1894
Medium
lithograph in olive green
Dimensions
image: 40.5 x 38.6 cm (15 15/16 x 15 3/16 in.) sheet: 40.4 x 80 cm (15 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.)
Classification
Portfolio · Print
Accession number
2000.1.1
Credit line
New Century Fund, Gift of Edwin L. Cox - Ed Cox Foundation
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Writing
Provenance

Regnato Stemple, 1894. Baldwin M. Baldwin, San Diego. (sale, Christie's, New York, 2 November 1999, no. 25); (Sims Reed Limited, London, 1999); (David Tunick, Inc., New York, 1999); purchased 1999 by NGA.

NGA object ID 130663. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.