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Il divano

ca. 1894–96
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 817
Lautrec, accanito cronista della pittoresca e sordida vita notturna di fin-de-siècle a Montmartre, decise di documentare le vite delle prostitute in una serie di illustrazioni eseguite tra il 1892 e il 1896. Pare aver derivato la licenza artistica dai monotipi di Degas, raffiguranti scene di lupanari, e dalle stampe erotiche giapponesi shunga per creare immagini di un certo candore e verve grafica, ma trasformandole in opere di grandi dimensioni e assolutamente disinibite. Lautrec ammirava la naturalezza delle prostitute “che si stendevano sui divani . . . senza alcuna presunzione”. Il divano si collega ad altri tre dipinti della metà degli anni 1890 che descrivono le affettuosità scambiate tra coppie di lesbiche.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Il divano
  • Artista:

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Francese, 1864-1901

  • Data: ca. 1894-96
  • Materiale e tecnica: Olio su cartone
  • Dimensioni: 62,9 x 81 cm
  • Crediti: Rogers Fund, 1951
  • Numero d'inventario: 51.33.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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