1893
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Sleepless Night (Nuit blanche) is a 1893 ink by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a man sitting alone, slumped in a chair. His face is half-lit, eyes closed, wearing a dark hat and a thick coat. Behind him, a window reveals a dim street with faint shapes of buildings and a bridge. The edges of the paper are rough, and the ink looks smudged in places. The artist used a scratchy, uneven line to draw him, almost like hurried notes. This isn’t a polished portrait—it feels raw, like a sketch caught in the moment. Next, look up lithography to see how this print 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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