Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) Aristide... Lot 466

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) Aristide Bruant Dans Son Cabaret. 1893. SIZE: 38 3/8 x 51 1/4 in./97.5 x 130.2 cm PRINTER: Imp. Edw. Ancourt, Paris DESCRIPTION: Bruant’s strong, forceful, and in many ways vulgar style was ideally suited to the intimate cabarets where fashionable society went “slumming” for thrills. Lautrec captures this brutal quality of the entertainer and the disdain with which he treated his audiences by having him show us the broad of his back, with his red scarf forming an exclamation point on it. The pose itself makes a complete, self-contained statement—Toulouse-Lautrec at his very best. (Art Nouveau; Artist: Toulouse-Lautrec; Theatre)