At the Moulin Rouge: La Goulue

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1891 · Colour lithograph (poster, three sheets) · Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

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At the Moulin Rouge: La Goulue

At the Moulin Rouge

Aristide Bruant dans son cabaret

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About this work

Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
Year: 1891
Medium: Colour lithograph (poster, three sheets)
Collection: Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi (impression Inv. 138; the poster exists in many impressions)
Movement: Post-Impressionism

The dancer Louise Weber, known as La Goulue, kicks up her white petticoats at the centre of the Moulin Rouge dance floor while her partner Valentin le Désossé, drawn as a grey silhouette with a top hat and a jutting chin, looms in the foreground and the audience is reduced to a black frieze of hats behind her. The yellow globes of the gas lamps float across the top. Toulouse-Lautrec designed it in 1891, his first poster, commissioned by the cabaret for its second season; around three thousand copies were pasted up across Paris and made him famous overnight. The flat colour, cropped figures and bold lettering came from Japanese prints and from Jules Chéret, whose poster it replaced. Impressions survive in many museums, including the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A poster with flat colour and bold lettering, made for a kitchen, bar area or hallway where its graphic punch reads from a distance at 24×36. Black frame, no mat, on white or deep red; it pairs with the Manet bar.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Post-Impressionism painting
Era: 19th century (1891)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: decorative, sophisticated
Rooms: kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room, dorm room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Moulin Rouge: La Goulue in the public domain?

Yes. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Musée Toulouse-Lautrec.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Moulin Rouge: La Goulue painted, and in what medium?

Moulin Rouge: La Goulue dates from 1891 and was made in colour lithograph (poster, three sheets).

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Moulin Rouge: La Goulue we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

An exhibition poster of Toulouse-Lautrec's At the Moulin Rouge: La Goulue — the whole cabaret scene under a huge tracked surname banner. A vivid emblem of Belle Époque Paris, framed as a museum exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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