Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

Deux femmes faisant leur lit

細節

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
Deux femmes faisant leur lit
signed, dated and dedicated 'T-Lautrec Albert 91' (lower left)
oil on board
23.5/8 x 31 in. (60 x 79.3 cm.)
Painted in 1891

來源

Joseph Albert, Paris (gift from the artist).
Petiet, Paris.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1988, lot 26.

出版

M. Joyant, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901, Paris, 1926, vol. I, p. 284.
R. Charmet, "Cinquante nouveaux Lautrec, trsors des collections prives," Arts, Paris, 11-17 March 1959, no. 713, p. 16 (illustrated).
E. Julien, Lautrec, Paris, 1959, p. 34.
G. Caproni, L'opera completa di Toulouse-Lautrec, Milan, 1969, p. 102, no. 246 (illustrated).
M.G. Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre, New York, 1971, vol. II, p. 308, no. 503 (illustrated, p. 309).

展覽

Paris, Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Toulouse-Lautrec, 1914, no. 41.
Paris, Muse Jacquemart-Andr, Chefs d'Oeuvre de Toulouse-Lautrec, March-April 1959, no. 137 (illustrated, p. 24; dated 1893).
Paris, Muse National d'Art Moderne, Les sources du XXme Sicle; Les Arts en Europe de 1884 1914, November 1960-January 1961, no. 705 (dated 1889).
London, Tate Gallery, Toulouse-Lautrec, 1961, no. 42 (dated 1893).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, and Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Toulouse-Lautrec, October 1961-January 1962, p. 27, no. 143 (dated 1893).
Stockholm, National Museum, Toulouse-Lautrec, December 1967-March 1968, p. 24, no. 18.
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Toulouse-Lautrec, March-April 1968.
Kyoto, National Museum of Art, and Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, Toulouse-Lautrec, November 1968-February 1969, no. 22 (illustrated; dated 1893),
Albi, Muse Toulouse-Lautrec, Lautrec "Elles," 1976, p. 21, no. 11 (illustrated in color, p. 20; dated 1893).

拍品專文

Toulouse-Lautrec's depictions of the demi-monde culminated in his scenes of Parisian brothels which he painted in the last decade of the nineteenth century. In fact, between 1892 and 1895, he took up residence in various houses of ill repute in order to collect material as subject matter for his paintings. Accordingly, he pushed to the limits a subject explored previously and more discreetly by artists such as Manet and Degas, who preferred to hint at the subject of prostitution. When Toulouse-Lautrec explored the subject, it was direct and immediate. He was fascinated by the secret world of lesbian relationships, and they provided the subject for many of his most well-known bordello scenes.

The present picture is most likely set in one of the celebrated Parisian brothels, which were located on the rue des Moulins, the rue des Rosiers and the rue Richelieu. Always the keen observer, the artist has provided a glimpse of everday life in one of these notorious establishments. While explicit in theme, Deux femmes faisant leur lit emphasizes the mundane chores of a prostitute's daily life, analogous with scenes of middle-class households represented by his contemporaries.