[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as Artist and Model]
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.The “duplex,” or “polypose,” picture was a popular trope that lent itself to endless comic variations and imaginative one-upmanship. The motif also appealed to artists, who occasionally created playful duplications of themselves. The French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who was also an avid amateur photographer, collaborated with his friend Maurice Guibert on this double portrait in which he plays the roles of both artist and model, each regarding the other with cool irony.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as Artist and Model]
- Artist: Maurice Guibert (French, 1856–1913)
- Person in Photograph: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois)
- Date: ca. 1890
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: Image: 19.5 x 22.4 cm (7 11/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.8 x 22.9 cm (7 13/16 x 9 in.)
Frame: 41.4 x 51.6 cm (16 5/16 x 20 5/16 in.) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Henry P. Mcllhenny, 1982
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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