1896
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Sleep (Le sommeil) is a 1896 ink by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a reclining nude figure lying on their side, arms bent under their head. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a hurried sketch. The whole thing is drawn in a warm reddish-brown color, giving it a soft, smudged look. The artist used a method called lithography, which lets them draw directly on stone before printing. This piece is one of many quick studies Lautrec made to capture movement and rest. Next, check out lithography to see how artists print images this way.
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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