Minneapolis Institute of Art

Yvette Guilbert Singing

Georges d’Espagnat

Date

late 19th–early 20th century

Medium

Black crayon, watercolor, and gouache

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Looking out at her audience with a serene half-smile, the cabaret singer Yvette Guilbert is gently lit from below by the stage footlights. A bonafide star, she performed at venues throughout Paris, including the Moulin Rouge. In his drawing, d’Espagnat eschews the dazzling lights and spectacle of a large performance in favor of a more intimate view of the singer in her signature long black gloves. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec portrayed Gilbert again and again, publishing a book of sixteen portrait lithographs in 1894. France, Europe

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