Creator Biography
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864–1901 (artist).
Preview
Creation Date
1899 (original)
Geography
France
Culture
French
Medium
Print (reproduction), Drawing (original)
Dimensions
16 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. (42.5 × 31.7 cm)
Credit Line
Purchase by the Department of Art History, 2025
Accession Number
2025.117.25
References
Toulouse-Lautrec's The Circus: Thirty-Nine Crayon Drawings in Color. Dover Publications, 2006.
Description
This print depicts a Black minstrel performer. Minstrel performances perpetuated harmful stereotypes, presenting Black people as comedic caricatures and reinforcing racist social hierarchies. Lautrec repeatedly used this minstrel motif. It can be seen on the cover of this collection of prints (2025.115) and in the bottom right corner of May Milton (2025.115.9).
This print is part of a larger collection (2025.117.1–2025.117.39) whose overarching record can be found here.
Keywords
Department of Art History Collection, After 1800, Art Nouveau, Post-Impressionism, French