Mademoiselle Cocyle as Helen of Troy in La Belle Helene
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1900 · Graphite and red chalk, with touches of black crayon, heightened with traces of white chalk, on ivory wove paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Mademoiselle Cocyle as Helen of Troy in La Belle Helene is a public-domain drawing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, dated 1900. Graphite and red chalk, with touches of black crayon, heightened with traces of white chalk, on ivory wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Mademoiselle Cocyle as Helen of Troy in La Belle Helene” (1900) uses Lautrec’s poster manner: a figure cropped close, a flat patch of color, and the room or the stage only partly shown.
About the artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) painted and printed the nightlife of Montmartre: dancers, cafés, and the Moulin Rouge. The flat color comes from the posters he designed.
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