Au Moulin Rouge, L'Union Franco-Russe
Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(French, 1864 - 1901)
Date1894
MediumLithograph on paper
Dimensions13 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (34 × 24.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 22 1/2 × 19 1/4 in. (57.2 × 48.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 22 1/2 × 19 1/4 in. (57.2 × 48.9 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineBequest of Gabrielle Hubbard, in memory of her parents, William L. Parker and Sarah Harrison Parker, and her husband, John William Hubbard, Jr.
Object number2013.17.5
On View
Not on viewLabel TextHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901 Au Moulin Rouge, L'Union Franco-Russe, 1894 Lithograph on paper In the autumn of 1893 the Moulin Rouge held a gala celebration to mark the success of the Franco-Russian Alliance, signed in August 1892. Toulouse-Lautrec published this image of an unequal couple dancing at the event in L'Escarmouche, an avant-garde magazine. The fascination with all things Russian that year in Paris echoed the burst of interest in all things Japanese a few years prior. The figures resemvle the bold shapes of the Ukiyo-e prints Toulouse-Lautrec so admired, while his crachis, or spraying technique, is a nod to bikashi, the virtuoso gradations that connoisseurs prized in Japanese woodblock prints. Gift of Gabrielle Hubbard, in memory of her parents, William L. Parker and Sarah Harrison Parker, and her husband, John William Hubbard, Jr. 2013.17.5
