Description
Jane Avril dances with a flaring skirt in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s café-concert print, her moving figure defined by dark outlines. The clothing gives the body an expansive shape rather than enclosing it in a static portrait. A named performer becomes a particular encounter through movement, making one fleeting public presence the center of a concentrated image on paper.
Made in 1893, the brush and spatter lithograph is printed in black on wove paper. Toulouse-Lautrec gives a passing public appearance a form that can be considered more slowly, allowing one performer to become a concentrated encounter. The print’s interest lies in the relation between named identity and represented presence. A broader world of spectators and entertainment remains part of the frame, while Avril herself carries the immediate human interest of this particular sheet.
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