Frontispiece, from Yvette Guilbert (Série anglaise [The English Series])
1898
19th century
50 cm x 37.5 cm (19 11/16 in. x 14 3/4 in.)
Bliss & Sands
Printer
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(Albi, 1864 - 1901, Langon)
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, French
Medium and Support:
Lithograph
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Transfer from the General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, 1979
Accession Number:
1979.45.1/9
Yvette Guilbert was a star of the café-concerts of the 1890s. A London print publisher and dealer suggested that Toulouse-Lautrec produce a series of drawings and lithographs of the singer to sell during her visit to London in 1898. Guilbert’s appearance was canceled, but the dealer published Lautrec’s eight lithographs and frontispiece later that year.