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Elles: The Toilet

1896

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The story

Between 1892 and 1895 Lautrec often lived in Paris brothels for weeks at a time, watching the women sleep, wash and dress. Elles, the portfolio this sheet comes from, shows that private routine rather than seduction, and it sold poorly on release.

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Object details

Title: Elles: The Toilet
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.0322
Original image: 2336 × 3000 px
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License evidence: See the license

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Elles: The Toilet. 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/ea0322/