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Elles: The Seated Clown, Mlle Cha-u-Ka-o

1896

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The story

The publisher Gustave Pellet talked Lautrec into Elles, a set of ten brothel prints meant to win him new buyers. It flopped when it appeared, perhaps because the scenes refuse to be erotic.

Source, Cleveland Museum of Art

Object details

Title: Elles: The Seated Clown, Mlle Cha-u-Ka-o
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Date: 1896
Culture: French
Medium: color lithograph
Object type: Prints
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit line: Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0).
Object number: EFA.0320
Original image: 2323 × 3000 px
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License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Elles: The Seated Clown, Mlle Cha-u-Ka-o. 1896. Cleveland Museum of Art. Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0320/