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Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de. Woman Smoking a Cigarette, 1890. Oil paint, opaque watercolor, and graphite over charcoal on commercial paper board, 18 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (47 x 29.8 cm). Museum Surplus Fund and purchased with funds given by Dikran G. Kelekian, 22.67. No known copyright restrictions.
Around 1890 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec produced a number of works depicting the interior, domestic spaces of working-class women in the neighborhood of Montmartre. Best known for his portrayal of sex workers and cabaret performers, Toulouse-Lautrec here chose to leave the sitter’s identity anonymous and her location unknown, although the washbasin and cigarette suggest a cheap room and a proletarian station in life. The figure comes vividly alive, however, in graphic brushstrokes and contrasting colors, with her angular face at once inscrutable and specifically rendered.