Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French, 1864–1901
Carmen
c. 1884
When Toulouse-Lautrec first spotted Carmen Gaudin in Montmartre, he exclaimed to a friend, “How tough she looks! It would be marvelous to get her as a model.” Gaudin consented, and Toulouse-Lautrec painted her on a number of occasions over several years. In this portrait, her expression is guarded, but her fiery hair and uncompromising frontal pose suggest something of the toughness that initially captured the artist’s imagination.
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 20 13/16 x 16 1/16 in. (52.9 x 40.8 cm) Frame: 29 x 24 9/16 in. (73.7 x 62.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.525 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Carmen, c. 1884, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.525
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Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Five: French Paintings of the 19th Century. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1956.
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Provenance
The artist, possibly given to Rachou; Henri Rachou, Paris; Arthur-Paul Huc, Toulouse (by 1906–d. 1932); Marcel and Paul Huc, his sons, by descent, Toulouse (from 1932); Pierre-André Weill, Paris (until 1951); [Knoedler, New York, 1951, sold to Clark, 2 Apr. 1951]; Robert Sterling Clark (1951–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
