7 May 2017

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The Laundress (‘La Blanchisseuse’), ca. 1889 (private collection).


Oil on canvas: 93 x 75 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, November 2005. Early work. The model was Carmen Gaudin (aka. ‘La Rousse’), who in fact made her living as a laundress. Same session/ model: here and here.

More > Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at Wikipedia.