Art Institute of Chicago
Jane Avril
Henri de Toulouse-LautrecLinkedCulture matchlcp-4b458c973ce6
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- Color lithograph on tan wove paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 67181
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This poster was Lautrec’s last image of Avril. With her arms raised in a playful surrender, the dancer yields to an appliquéd snake, whose coils wrap around her slender black dress. Her twisted body might seem exaggerated, but it could have been prompted by Avril’s performances. As the poet Arthur Symons recalled, “She was so thin and supple that she could turn over backward…until she brushed the floor with her shoulders.”
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- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
Part of a LinkedCulture topic
19th Century French Café-Concert ScenesThese prints and drawings document the popular café-concert entertainment venues of 19th-century Paris and France, primarily created through lithography to capture performers, audiences, and the vibrant nightlife culture
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