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A woman lying in bed watching as another woman carries away a tray

Lightly sketched black lines describe a scene with two figures. At right a young woman in a nightgown lies on her side in a bed, propping her head up with one hand. Still half covered by blankets and with her hair un-combed and falling around her shoulders, she faces the viewer and smiles with a sleepy expression at a woman in the foreground. The second woman shown in three quarter profile, walks toward us carrying a tray with a cup and a pitcher. She is older, heavy set and also wearing a nightgown. An empty chair is beside the bed.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13500
People
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French (Albi 1864 - 1901 Malromé)
Title
Woman with a Tray
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Elles
Original Language Title: Femme au plateau; Breakfast; Mme Baron and Mlle Popo
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/272843

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 40.5 x 52.2 cm (15 15/16 x 20 9/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Del. 181, Adr. 173, Witt. 157

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Program for Harvard College Fund
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
M13500
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Lithography in France, 1848-1900, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 05/01/1981 - 06/14/1981; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, 09/08/1981 - 10/15/1981
  • Touchstone: 200 Years of Artists' Lithographs, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/15/1998 - 11/01/1998; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 07/17/1999 - 09/26/1999; Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, 09/30/1999 - 12/10/2000; William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Museum, Chapel Hill, 02/04/2001 - 05/13/2001

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