1893
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Une Faillite; Le Poète et le financier is a 1893 ink by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, depicting Blond Hair, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows two men sitting across a table. One holds cash. The other stares at an empty wallet. The room has bare walls and a single lamp. Lautrec made this to mock shady deals. The poet looks smug while the banker looks trapped. It’s from a series about greedy financiers. Check out the lithography technique if you want to see how bold colors print clean.
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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