May Belfort
<p>The scarlet dress of May Belfort splashes color onto this otherwise minimal composition. Clad in her signature oversized baby bonnet, the Irish actress clutches a black cat; Belfort often brought her cat to her performances and tended to “meow” her songs. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec intended for this poster to be hung, as it is in this gallery, next to his design for May Milton, an English performer who was Belfort’s close friend and rumored lover.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1895
- Dimensions
- Image: 79.8 × 60 cm (31 7/16 × 23 5/8 in.); Sheet: 79.8 × 61.4 cm (31 7/16 × 24 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Painting
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa, known as Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator. His immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce popular works of art from decadent affairs.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1895
- Dimensions
- Image: 79.8 × 60 cm (31 7/16 × 23 5/8 in.); Sheet: 79.8 × 61.4 cm (31 7/16 × 24 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1895-030112
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified