The Forfeit (La gage)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1897 · lithograph in black on hand-made paper
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About this picture
The Forfeit (La gage) is a public-domain illustration by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, dated 1897. Lithograph in black on hand-made paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Forfeit (La gage)” (1897) 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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