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Yvette Guilbert
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Yvette Guilbert

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901), artist · c. 1894 · black crayon

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

This drawing depicts Yvette Guilbert, a popular Parisian cabaret performer who was the subject of numerous prints, posters, drawings, and paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Here, Lautrec began to work out the composition of a poster that Guilbert commissioned from him to publicize her upcoming season at Les Ambassadeurs, a popular night club. A more finished study is part of the collection of the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi, France, but the poster itself was never realized after Guilbert rejected the design as unflattering.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineYvette Guilbert, c. 1894. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901). Black crayon; framed: 135.2 x 73 cm (53 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1950.455
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