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A Woman and a Man on Horseback

1879–81
Not on view
The early career of Toulouse-Lautrec was largely shaped by his first teacher, René Princeteau, a close family friend who was a deaf-mute and a painter of fashionable sporting pictures. The elegantly outfitted riders in this sketch may have been observed on the artist's family estate in Albi, in southern France, where his eccentric and aristocratic father kept a full stable. Lautrec's love of animals would last throughout his life, and a number of his mature works depict horses ridden by jockeys or controlled by circus trainers.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Woman and a Man on Horseback
  • Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois)
  • Date: 1879–81
  • Medium: Blue crayon, graphite
  • Dimensions: 6-3/8 x 7-7/8 in. (16.21 x 19.99cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1974
  • Object Number: 1974.356.45
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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