May Belfort
1895 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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About this work
- Artist
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
- Year
- 1895
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 79.5 × 61 cm
- Collection
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
The Irish singer May Belfort stands in a long red dress and a frilled bonnet, a black kitten in her arms, singing her childish songs at the Petit Casino. Toulouse-Lautrec designed the poster in 1895 for her engagement there, in the same year as the poster for her friend May Milton; the two were planned as a pair, one red, one blue. The figure fills the sheet with a single red shape, and the lettering sits quietly at the foot. It was printed in Paris by Ancourt. The impression reproduced belongs to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
One red figure on a pale ground, for a bedroom, dressing room or hallway at 18×24 or 24×32 in thin black, no mat. It warms a white or grey wall and pairs with May Milton for a red-and-blue set.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1895)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 18×24. Prints at 12×16, 18×24, 24×32 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×32 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
