p1486

ARTIST: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (France, 1864-1901)

TITLE OF WORK: Panel for La Goulue's booth

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas

DATE: 1895

DIMENSIONS: 298 x 310 cm

COMMENTS: La Goulue owed her nickname to an insatiable appetite; she was initially a laundress, then a comedian with the Medrano Circus, then dancer in the Moulin de la Galette, the Jardin de Paris, and finally

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris

DANCE FORM: music-hall