Caption

Miss May Belfort (original title), Portrait of May Belfort (May Egan) with two figures and a piano, print, printmaker: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (signed by artist), France, publisher: La Revue blanche, Paris, 1895, paper, tone lithography, tone lithography in dark green and black with tone block in beige and planing technique, height 538 mm x width 418 mm, Person, May Belfort, historical persons, portrait of a musician, A monochrome pencil sketch shows a person with long wavy hair wearing a loose flowing garment with wide sleeves; the face is rendered with dark shading around the eyes and lips, and the hair is dark and textured, tied in a small top knot; the figure stands against a faintly shaded vertical backdrop, one arm bent with a hand resting near the hip and the other arm hanging with a loosely sketched hand, while light sketch lines define the drapery and the lower portion of the garment.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A93_389

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46.5Mb (6.7Mb) / 11.5in x 15.7in / 3452 x 4713 (300dpi)

Keywords

Miss Belfort original title Portrait Egan two figures piano print printmaker Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed artist France publisher La Revue blanche Paris 1895 paper tone lithography dark green black tone block beige planing technique height 538 mm x width 418 mm Person historical persons portrait musician monochrome pencil sketch person long wavy hair wearing loose flowing garment wide sleeves face rendered dark shading eyes lips dark textured tied small top knot figure stands faintly shaded vertical backdrop arm bent hand resting near hip arm hanging loosely sketched hand light sketch lines define drapery lower portion garment