Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1891

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Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, 1891, Lithograph printed in four colors. Three sheets of wove paper., sheet: 74 13/16 x 45 7/8 in. (190 x cm), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois), When the brassy dance hall and drinking garden of the Moulin Rouge opened on the boulevard de Clichy in 1889, one of Lautrec's paintings was displayed near the entrance. He himself became a conspicuous fixture of the place and was commissioned to create the six-foot-tall advertisement that launched his postermaking career and made him famous overnight

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Size: 3613px × 5861px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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