A woman in a harlequin costume rides a donkey as a marching band follows
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Lines sketched in blue on a white background show a scene of a woman in a harlequin costume astride a donkey, leading a marching band. The group of figures are all shown in three quarter profile, facing toward us and turning toward the left. At lower left, the head of the donkey approaches, looking forward and past the viewer. The woman wears a suit with dark pantaloons and a frilly collar and shoulders, and on her head a feathered headdress. Marching behind and around her, we see uniformed band members following.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1950.126
People
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French (Albi 1864 - 1901 Malromé)
Title
At the Moulin Rouge: Carnival, Entrance of Cha-U-Kao (Au Moulin Rouge: Carnaval, Entrée du Cha-U-Kao)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1896
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297466

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue crayon on dark cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 63 x 49.6 cm (24 13/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
1950.126
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, 1967)

Exhibition History

  • Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 10/12/1967 - 12/03/1967
  • European Master Drawing of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11/03/1979 - 12/16/1979
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/07/2024 - 06/10/2024

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