Study

Prints and Drawings

c. 1893

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French, 1864-1901

Here Lautrec depicted his favorite printmaker, Père Cotelle, pulling on the lever of the star wheel, which moved the lithographic stone through the press.

Over sketched lines, Lautrec determined the exact placement of the machine and its operator, simplifying their forms in the process. Set at a dynamic angle to the viewer, these elements would help draw attention to the figure of Jane Avril in the finished image.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Title: Study
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1883–1901
Medium: Charcoal, with colored crayons, on tan wove paper
Inscriptions: Not signed
Dimensions: 50.9 × 34.8 cm (20 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection
Reference Number: 1933.880
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Nathan Goldstein, The Art of Responsive Drawing, 5th ed. (Upper Saddle River, N.J., 1999), pp. 45 and 48, fig. 3.3.

The Art Institute of Chicago, “Paintings by Toulouse-Lautrec,” October 4-December 2, 1979, checklist 79.
Rochester, N.Y, Memorial Art Gallery, “Artists of La Revue Blanche: Bonnard, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vallotton and Vuillard,” January 21-April 15, 1984.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, “La Pere Cotelle,” October 16, 1985-January 26, 1986.

Sold by Henri Cotterau, Paris, to Carter Harrison (1860-1953), Chicago, by 1927 [Harrison notes in curatorial file; Joyant 1927]; given to the Art Institute, 1933.

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