Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 'The Two Friends', 1894
About the work
Overview
Throughout the 1890s Toulouse-Lautrec visited brothels in Paris and spent days observing the women there. A series of paintings on this theme culminated in 'Au Salon de la Rue des Moulins' of about 1894 (Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec), which depicts the women sitting awaiting their clients.
This painting may represent an early stage in the genesis of the Albi picture, but it also belongs to a series of paintings focusing on the friendships between the women which often, as here, portrayed intimate moments or gestures of companionship or sympathy.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- The Two Friends
- Artist
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Artist dates
- 1864 - 1901
- Date made
- 1894
- Medium and support
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- 47.9 × 34 cm
- Inscription summary
- Signed
- Acquisition credit
- On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by Montague Shearman through the Contemporary Art Society 1940
- Inventory number
- L731
- Location
- Not on display
- Image copyright
- On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by Montague Shearman through the Contemporary Art Society 1940, © 2000 Tate
- Collection
- Main Collection
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