Confetti
Poster
1894 (made)
1894 (made)
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This poster advertising confetti puts Toulouse-Lautrec's use of the 'spray' or 'splatter' technique to great effect. In a process pioneered by the artist himself, an ink-soaked brush would be held over the lithographic stone and rubbed against a grid, to produce a fine spray of droplets. The resulting effect could be one of great delicacy, used to add nuanced tones and subtle shading or, when applied with gusto, could create bolder and more dramatic results. For this technique Toulouse-Lautrec had taken inspiration from a decorative effect employed in Japanese lacquer: urushi or 'sprinkled' lacquer.
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Title | Confetti (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
Brief description | Poster, 'Confetti', Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French; ca. 1894. |
Physical description | A woman with long, blonde hair and elbow-length, black gloves clutches her hat as three disembodied hands emerge from the top left corner and shower her with confetti. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs J.T. Clarke |
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Summary | This poster advertising confetti puts Toulouse-Lautrec's use of the 'spray' or 'splatter' technique to great effect. In a process pioneered by the artist himself, an ink-soaked brush would be held over the lithographic stone and rubbed against a grid, to produce a fine spray of droplets. The resulting effect could be one of great delicacy, used to add nuanced tones and subtle shading or, when applied with gusto, could create bolder and more dramatic results. For this technique Toulouse-Lautrec had taken inspiration from a decorative effect employed in Japanese lacquer: urushi or 'sprinkled' lacquer. |
Associated object | CIRC.681-1971 (Duplicate) |
Bibliographic reference | Coutts, Howard and Claire Jones Toulouse Lautrec and the art of the French Poster. Bowes Museum, 2004. 53 p., ill. ISBN 0954818202. |
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Accession number | E.231-1921 |
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Record created | July 3, 2007 |
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