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Émilie

late 1890s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 817
Although Lautrec is best known for his depictions of the bawdy entertainments on offer in Paris’s Montmartre neighborhood, he was also intrigued by the lively world of the racetrack. In the late 1890s he painted a group of scenes that capture spectators and riders in off-hand moments. Here, he created a witty visual parallel between the exaggerated, bustled silhouette of the woman in the foreground, and the horse and rider behind her. At lower left, Lautrec inscribed the painting “to Émilie”; her identity remains unknown.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Émilie
  • Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois)
  • Date: late 1890s
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (41.3 x 32.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
  • Object Number: 1974.356.35
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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