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.
Printed in five colors on wove paper in 1896, the lithograph brings the black dress into contrast with the warm floor and lighter bathing fixtures. The bent figure joins these areas through a practical action. Toulouse-Lautrec gives the bathroom an intimate scale, letting the preparation of a bath organize the composition rather than adding a more elaborate dramatic occasion to the room.
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