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A seminude woman standing at a sink washing her neck with a towel.

A lightly drawn seminude woman stands over a basin with her back to the viewer. Leaning on the basin with her left hand extended, the woman washes the back of her neck with a washcloth. Her hair is tied up in a loose bun as she gazes downward. A towel is loosely wrapped around the bottom half of her body leaving her upper back and chest exposed. A faint reflection of her breasts appears in the mirror adjacent. Two vessels of soap or perfume are situated next to the basin.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13503
People
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French (Albi 1864 - 1901 Malromé)
Title
Woman Washing Herself
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Elles
Original Language Title: Femme qui se lave
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/272503

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Del. 184, Adr. 176, Witt. 160

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Program for Harvard College Fund
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
M13503
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Michel Melot, The Impressionist Print, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT, 1996), repr. as fig. 288 on p. 253 [not Harvard impression; related bibliography]

Exhibition History

  • Lithography in France, 1848-1900, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 05/01/1981 - 06/14/1981; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, 09/08/1981 - 10/15/1981

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