Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864–1901 follow artist
May Belfort / Petit Casino
May Belfort / Petit Casino
This is most probably the rarest of all Lautrec posters. In this poster made for her appearance at the Petit Casino, the singer is “framed by long black curls under an enormous cap, her hands hiding most of a yellow-eyed kitten. Lautrec presents her on a diagonal plane, her brilliant orange-red dress slanting to the left, her shoulder brought forward in the picture plane to place her in a frontal position. The flat sweep of her gown below the frilled, green-splattered sleeves is, taken by itself, merely a red sail or banner” (Wagner, p. 27). In this version, the most obvious difference other than the addition of the “Petit Casino” type is the substitution of red streaks for the usually seen solid dress.
literature: Wittrock, P14C; Adriani, 126, 2nd State; HTL/MoMA, 269; PAI-XCII, 378
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