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Carnival

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In Carnival, two heads fill a close arrangement, a pale woman in profile at the left beside a darker mustached man at the right. Crosshatched marks give the pairing a particular graphic surface. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec concentrates the subject of Carnival into a human encounter, allowing differences of face and direction to carry the image rather than an expansive crowd or celebration scene.

The 1894 lithograph uses crayon, brush and scraping, printed in olive green and red on wove paper. Its limited color structure gives the subject a distinct graphic character, turning a temporary occasion into an image that can be revisited. The work’s interest lies in that continuing encounter, where the named festive context can carry attention without replacing the composition with an elaborate narrative of celebration.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec collection.