Description
A woman leans forward toward the right in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Dans la Glu, with dark gloves and extended arms giving the upper body an emphatic direction. Hatching develops the neckline and clothing around her. The half-length figure turns a performed subject into an immediate bodily presence, allowing a gesture to carry the image’s interest within a larger numbered sequence.
Made in 1898, the lithograph is printed with a beige tint stone on laid paper. The tinted field gives the dark marks another material setting, making the image different from a simply black impression on white. Toulouse-Lautrec’s work allows performance to become something encountered beyond its passing occasion. Its interest rests in one concentrated image within a series, where a particular subject can retain individuality while participating in a broader visual world.





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