Description
Ambroise Thomas appears in profile at a table in this printed image after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, wearing a green-gray coat against a pink wall. A darker foreground shape gives the small scene another strong contrast. Identified as Thomas attending a rehearsal of Françoise de Rimini, the subject brings a particular person into an interval around theatrical performance.
Published in Le Rire on February 8, 1896, the image belongs to the circulation of Toulouse-Lautrec’s invention through illustrated print. The attribution is after the artist, distinguishing this published version from a lithograph directly made by him. Its interest lies in the encounter between a particular theatrical subject and a journal audience, allowing an observed moment of attendance to become part of a broader visual record of contemporary cultural life.
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