Description
In Filling a Tub, a woman bends at a washbasin in a black dress, her golden hair and the peach-toned floor giving the bathroom scene colored accents. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec makes preparing a bath a particular human activity within Elles. The arrangement concentrates attention on a practical task, allowing person and interior to share the encounter without a public or dramatic occasion.
The 1896 lithograph uses crayon, brush and spatter printed in five colors on wove paper. Its varied graphic means bring several kinds of mark into the representation, connecting the practical subject with a lasting printed form. The image invites a slower attention than the routine itself would ordinarily receive, allowing the person and task to remain central rather than serve as background to a more dramatic occasion.
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