1900
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1900 ink by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a woman in profile, looking down at a small bird perched on a stand. She’s dressed in a high-collared blouse with a bow at the neck, and her hair is pulled up under a hat. Behind her, a window with blinds lets in faint light, and the lines of her face and clothes are drawn with quick, sketchy strokes. The bird looks fragile, almost like a toy, and the whole scene feels quiet and private. The artist used a technique that lets the pencil-like lines stay loose and expressive, not smoothed out. Next, check out lithography to see how this sketch was made.
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French: ), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator.
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