Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon),
1887-1889. Oil on canvas. 45.09 x 53.34 cm.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.
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Three Women: Early Portraits by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS • Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University • Ongoing
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This small show of six portraits by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
offers a view of his earliest work while encouraging an examination of the artist's innovative approach to portraiture and an investigation of the roles of women in the Paris art world of the 1880s.
Anchored by The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) from the Fogg Art Museum's Wertheim Collection, each of these six portraits depicts its sitter in quiet, contemplative moments, in contrast with the highly theatrical or eroticized depictions of performers and prostitutes so well known in Toulouse-Lautrec's work. The women portrayed in these paintings, Jeanne Wenz, Carmen Gaudin, and Valadon, were all members of the artistic circles of the time.
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University Web Site
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