Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / May Belfort / 1895

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
May Belfort
1895
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Creator Name: Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1864 - 1901
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: Albi
Creator Death Place: Château de Malromé, near Langon, France
Creator Name-CRT: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Title: May Belfort
Title Type: Primary
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Creation Start Date: 1895
Creation End Date: 1895
Creation Date: 1895
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Classification Term: Drawing
Materials and Techniques: oil
Dimensions: Framed: 86.3cm x 71.5cm x 8.3cm, Unframed: 63cm x 48cm
Inscriptions: Signed lower right: "HTLautrec [HTL in monogram]"
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1958.54
Credit Line: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; Etienne Bignou, Paris; Lizzie B. Bliss, New York; George Moffett, Jr., Maryland
Context: Café-concerts were popular places of entertainment for the middle classes in Paris during the late 1800s and usually featured singers or other forms of vaudeville entertainers. In 1895 Lautrec visited the café-concert known as "Les Décadents," where he discovered the Irish singer May Belfort. Shebecame one of the artist's favorite models, and he portrayed her several times performing on stage. May Belfort exemplifies the Parisian vogue for English speaking singers, such as May Milton, Cecy Loftus, and Ida Heath, all three of whom were depicted by Lautrec.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1958.54
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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