A woman in a long blue gown facing away and combing her hair.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Olive colored lines and spattered shading with touches of color on off white paper show a scene in which a woman is combing her hair. She faces away from the viewer, wearing a blue floor-length loose gown with a ruffled lacy collar. She pulls a comb through her long yellow hair with her left hand, and holds her hair up and away with her right. Just beyond her, clothes are piled in a heap on a bed. In the foreground, a top hat sits on a stand with a white shirt draped over it. At top left, the hand lettered words, “ELLES par” are printed in olive green.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13498
People
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French (Albi 1864 - 1901 Malromé)
Title
Frontispiece
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Elles
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273310

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph on wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 52.2 x 40.2 cm (20 9/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: lower right in red ink: GP inscribed in a circle
  • inscription: lower right in blue ink: 95 (or 93?)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Del. 179, Adr. 171, Witt. 155

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Program for Harvard College Fund
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
M13498
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Lithography in France, 1848-1900, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, 09/08/1981 - 10/15/1981
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/15/2015 - 04/12/2016

Verification Level

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