Description
A spectator in a hat forms a dark foreground silhouette at the right of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s print, facing the stage at the left. The bold figure makes looking an active part of the image rather than a background condition. Public entertainment is approached through someone attending to it, giving the audience a particular human center of its own.
Made in 1893, the lithograph uses brush, spatter and scraper and is printed in black on wove paper. Toulouse-Lautrec gives a temporary act of attendance a lasting material form. The subject’s appeal lies in the shift of viewpoint, where a person receiving a performance can be as engaging as someone presenting it. A café-concert gathering is approached through one figure, making the social life around entertainment particular rather than merely crowded.
Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec collection.
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