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A poster showing a man under a camera’s shadow cloth and a woman turning away from him

Against a flat yellow-green background, fluid black lines depict a scene with two figures. At left in the extreme foreground, a woman faces us, appearing to move away to the left, glancing over her shoulder. She wears a sheer yellow veil, black gloves, and holds a pair of opera glasses and a yellow handkerchief. Her cloak and dress have a matching question mark motif pattern. At right in the background, under the cloth of a camera, only a man’s protruding legs are visible as he leans in, pointing the camera at the woman. A hand lettered address across the top and along the bottom the name and title, “P. Sescau Photographe” are printed in rose colored ink.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13343
People
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French (Albi 1864 - 1901 Malromé)
Title
The Photographer Sescau
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Le photographe Sescau
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1894
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/272833

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 69 x 79.7 cm (27 3/16 x 31 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Del. 353, Adr. 60, Witt. P22

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Ruth S. Magurn
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13343
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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