The Englishman at the Moulin Rouge
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(French, 1864–1901)
1892
Medium/TechniqueLithograph
DimensionsImage: 47 x 37.2 cm (18 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 62.2 x 48.5 cm (24 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 62.2 x 48.5 cm (24 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number60.746
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The impact of Japanese woodblock prints on advanced art is evident here in the use of broad planes of color, bold silhouettes, and an unusual perspective on the figures: two dancers known as Rayon d'Or (Golden Ray) and La Sauterelle (The Grasshopper), who converse or flirt with Toulouse-Lautrec's friend, the English artist William Tom Warrener.
Inscriptionsl. l.: signed and numbered T Lautrec no. 18ProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1960, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)
