Contour drawing of a seated dog
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A few quick, spare, soft gray lines trace the outline and face of a dog. The dog sits up facing the viewer and looks attentively at us. Its front legs are square and its ears flop at its sides. Seemingly pregnant, its belly is wide and a single squiggled line indicates swollen teats that almost touch the floor where it crouches. No background is shown on the blank white paper and the artist has stamped a symbol of his initials at lower left in red.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.40.7
People
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French (Albi 1864 - 1901 Malromé)
Title
Seated Dog
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Un fox-terrier de face
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1898
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/98890

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
15.5 x 10.3 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: lower left, red ink, in artist's hand: the artist's monogram "HTL" (L. 1338)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harold and Mary Gershinowitz, New York, Bequest to HUAM, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mary Gershinowitz
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.40.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Maurice Joyant, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901 (Paris, France, 1926), vol. 2, p. 229
  • M. G. Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre (New York, NY, 1971), VI, no. D.4.399, p. 786; repr. p. 787

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