Description
In Combing Hair, a woman turns partly away with her hands behind her head, a grayly worked bust and profile occupying a broad open field. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec gives the act of combing hair a restrained presence within Elles. The intimate gesture carries the encounter, allowing an ordinary routine of arranging appearance to become the particular focus rather than a formal public portrayal.
Printed in two colors on wove paper in 1896, the lithograph keeps the setting spare enough for the raised arms and turned head to matter. The grayly worked figure sits between defined contour and softer marks, making the body’s gesture the image’s organizing feature. Toulouse-Lautrec lets a familiar act of grooming become absorbing through the closeness and economy of the portrayal.
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