Miss Loïe Fuller
1893
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901)
Prints
Miss Loïe Fuller, 1893. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901). Color lithograph; image: 37.9 x 25.7 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1925.1202 Parisian audiences were captivated by Loïe Fuller (1862–1928), the American dancer seen in this print, whose unique performances involved manipulating voluminous translucent gowns with the aid of large poles in each hand. Fuller danced in a specially designed space featuring a glass floor illuminated from below and surrounded by mirrors. Electric lights of various colors projected onto the stage created an ethereal, swirling effect. Fuller’s extraordinary dance was the subject of Toulouse-Lautrec’s most abstract lithograph. The artist used layers of colored ink—including some metallic tones—to convey the movement and energy of Fuller's performances.
- Maker/Artist
- Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- color lithograph
- Medium
- color, lithograph
- Dimensions
- Image: 37.9 x 25.7 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1925.1202
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ralph King
- Exhibitions
- The Artist and the Theater, The Milieu of Edvard Munch, Art and the Stage, Loïe Fuller, Printing in Color, Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints, Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre, Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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