Minneapolis Institute of Art

Le Jockey

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; Printer: Henri Stern, Paris; Publisher: Pierrefort, Paris

Date

1899

Medium

Color lithograph on chine volant paper

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

As a young artist, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec enjoyed depicting outdoor scenes, especially those with horses. Later in life, he frequented the racetrack at Longchamp in the Bois de Boulogne, in Paris, identified here by the windmill in the background. In the spring of 1899, during a three-month stay in a psychiatric clinic, he started work on an ambitious series of color lithographs with a racing theme. This print was the only one published before his death two years later, at age 36. Its unconventional vantage point captures the power and energy of the racehorses as they speed toward the finish line. France, Europe

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