Salon des Cent

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Who is this woman?

What a beautiful work of art. Why do you think she has a pencil and a book? -- Is she...More...
What a beautiful work of art. Why do you think she has a pencil and a book? -- Is she an artist observing the fine details and tonality of this plant for a drawing? -- Is she a poet about observing the existence of this plant to create metaphors for a poem? -- Is she a scientist observing the structure of the plant for a research paper?

Re: Who is this woman?

Great questions! Here's a little bit more about what we know about this work: Most likely, the woman depicted here...More...
Great questions! Here's a little bit more about what we know about this work: Most likely, the woman depicted here is based on a model and is not intended to depict a particular person. In some cases, the artist did design posters advertising theater productions, depicting specific actors or musicians. But in this case, this is a proof for a poster promoting a one-man exhibition honoring Grasset himself, and it is likely that he used a model whose name is not recorded. (He was taken aback at the honor - it was his first one-man exhibition, held at Salon des Cent in 1894.)
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Salon des Cent

France, 1894
Prints; etchings
Photorelief etching in seven colors: green, pale yellow green, dark turquoise, light ocher, reddish brown, dark gray, and black
Sheet: 23 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (59.06 × 49.53 cm) Image: 22 × 17 in. (55.88 × 43.18 cm)
Kurt J. Wagner, M.D., and C. Kathleen Wagner Collection (M.87.294.31)
Prints and Drawings
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Feinblatt, Ebria; Bruce Davis. Toulouse-Lautrec and his Contemporaries: Posters of the Belle Epoque from the Wagner Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.