A colourful head and shoulders print of a woman with red hair, laughing away from the viewer in a flamboyant manner. She has a mint green shawl and a blue detailed dress, with a red and pink headpiece. The print is outlined in a black rounded rectangle, and the background is a swirly yellow design.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), Bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender, 1895, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

Bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Marcelle Lender was an actress and dancer; Toulouse-Lautrec was captivated by her red hair and flamboyant manner. He depicted her multiple times. This lithographic portrait is one of his most technically sophisticated prints. Each of the eight colours required a separate stone and some of the dazzling tonal effects are achieved by layering one colour over another. The master printer would have used the small cross visible at upper right to accurately align each successive stone. 

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