Jane Avril by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1899)

Color poster of dancer Jane Avril in a black gown with yellow and blue serpentine bands, red hair and red skirt, 1899.

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Jane Avril, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1899), Art Institute of Chicago. Via artnap.com

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A stylized color lithographic poster shows the dancer Jane Avril in a dramatic pose, with flaming red hair, a fitted black gown patterned with yellow and blue serpentine bands, and a red ruffled skirt. The title Jane Avril appears in black lettering at left, with the signature H. Stern, Paris and the date 1899 at right. This print is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.

This poster was Lautrec’s last image of Avril. With her arms raised in a playful surrender, the dancer yields to an appliquéd snake, whose coils wrap around her slender black dress. Her twisted body might seem exaggerated, but it could have been prompted by Avril’s performances. As the poet Arthur Symons recalled, “She was so thin and supple that she could turn over backward…until she brushed the floor with her shoulders.”
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Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Date

1899

Medium

Color lithograph on tan wove paper

Dimensions

55.6 × 30.9 cm

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

License

CC0