Study of a Woman

Description

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Study of a Woman gives a standing nude an open, gestural presence beside a vertical structure. She leans toward the right, with light marks and sparse washed tones describing the body rather than surrounding it with elaborate detail. The figure’s direction and the upright beside her make a simple relationship sufficient to organize the image.

Dated 1893, the brush and spatter lithograph was printed in olive green on mounted wove paper. Edouard Kleinmann served as publisher and Jean Goudezki as author, distinct from Toulouse-Lautrec’s role as artist. The limited ink gives the design a restrained graphic identity, joining the directness of drawn marks with the texture of dispersed ink. The work preserves a particular encounter in its own right, allowing the unnamed figure to remain its center.