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accession number: 1925.1409
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Monsieur Boileau at the Café, 1893. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901). Oil and tempera with charcoal on millboard; sheet: 80.3 x 65 cm (31 5/8 x 25 9/16 in.); framed: 105.4 x 89.5 x 8.3 cm (41 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1925.1409
title: Monsieur Boileau at the Café
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creation date: 1893
creation date earliest: 1893
creation date latest: 1893
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creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: oil and tempera with charcoal on millboard
department: Drawings
collection: DR - French
type: Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: Dortu P.465
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CREATORS
* Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864–1901) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 80.3 x 65 cm (31 5/8 x 25 9/16 in.); Framed: 105.4 x 89.5 x 8.3 cm (41 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
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inscription: inscribed, upper left, in gouache: à mon ami Boileau / HTLautrec [HTL in monogram]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: French Art Since Eighteen Hundred
opening date: 1929-11-08T05:00:00
French Art Since Eighteen Hundred. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8-December 8, 1929).
title: Exposition H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, au profit de la Société des Amis du Musée d'Albi
opening date: 1931-04-09T05:00:00
Exposition H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, au profit de la Société des Amis du Musée d'Albi. Musée des arts Décoratifs, Paris, France (organizer) (April 9-March 17, 1931).
title: Independent Painters of Nineteenth-Century Paris
opening date: 1935-03-15T05:00:00
Independent Painters of Nineteenth-Century Paris. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (March 15-April 28, 1935).
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
title: Toulouse-Lautrec: Paintings, Drawings, Posters
opening date: 1937-11-15T05:00:00
Toulouse-Lautrec: Paintings, Drawings, Posters. M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY (organizer) (November 15-December 11, 1937).
title: Exhibition of French Impressionists from Manet to Cézanne
opening date: 1940-01-01T05:00:00
Exhibition of French Impressionists from Manet to Cézanne. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections
opening date: 1942-01-06T05:00:00
French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).
title: 19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans
opening date: 1943-06-22T04:00:00
19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943).
title: A Loan Exhibition of Toulouse-Lautrec
opening date: 1946-10-23T05:00:00
A Loan Exhibition of Toulouse-Lautrec. Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY (organizer) (October 23-November 23, 1946).
title: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Posters by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
opening date: 1947-03-06T05:00:00
Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Posters by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (organizer) (March 6-April 20, 1947).
title: Toulouse-Lautrec exposition en l'honneur du cinquantième anniversaire de sa mort
opening date: 1951-05-01T04:00:00
Toulouse-Lautrec exposition en l'honneur du cinquantième anniversaire de sa mort. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France (organizer).
title: Toulouse-Lautrec: Paintings, Drawings, Posters and Lithographs
opening date: 1956-03-20T05:00:00
Toulouse-Lautrec: Paintings, Drawings, Posters and Lithographs. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 20-May 6, 1956).
title: Masterpieces Recalled: Benefit for League for Emotionally Disturbed Children
opening date: 1957-02-06T05:00:00
Masterpieces Recalled: Benefit for League for Emotionally Disturbed Children. Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, NY (organizer) (February 6-March 2, 1957).
title: Toulouse-Lautrec
opening date: 1964-02-07T05:00:00
Toulouse-Lautrec. Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY (February 7-March 14, 1964).
title: Centenaire de Toulouse-Lautrec
opening date: 1964-06-01T04:00:00
Centenaire de Toulouse-Lautrec. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (organizer).
title: Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse
opening date: 1975-04-09T04:00:00
Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (April 9-May 11, 1975); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (May 26-June 23, 1975); The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (organizer) (August 4-September 1, 1975).
title: Toulouse-Lautrec
opening date: 1991-10-08T04:00:00
Toulouse-Lautrec. Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (co-organizer) (October 8, 1991-January 19, 1992).
title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000).
title: Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre
opening date: 2005-03-20T00:00:00
Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (July 16-October 10, 2005).
title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).
title: Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2023-01-20T05:00:00
Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-April 30, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Exposition des Indépendants, Paris, France (March 18 - April 27, 1893).', 'opening_date': '2018-03-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Exposition Toulouse Lautrec. Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY (1914).', 'opening_date': '1914-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Exposition rétrospective de l'oeuvre de Toulouse-Lautrec. Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, France (1914).", 'opening_date': '1914-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Les Oeuvres des grands maîtres du XIX siècle. Paul Rosenberg & Co., Paris, France (1922).', 'opening_date': '1922-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Art Institute of Chicago, organized by Arts Club of Chicago (December 23, 1924 - January 25, 1925)', 'opening_date': '1924-12-23T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Toulouse-Lautrec: Exhibition Organized in Collaboration with the Albi Museum. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (October 29 - December 11, 1955); Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL (January 2 - February 15, 1956).', 'opening_date': '1955-10-29T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Monsieur Boileau, Paris
date: after 1893-after 1898
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Baron Lafaurie, Paris
date: after 1898-by 1924
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(Paul Rosenberg, Paris)
date: by 1924-by 1925
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(Wildenstein & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
date: after 1924-1925
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1925-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Exposition des Indépendants. Exh. Cat. Paris: Pavillion de la ville, 1893.
page number: Mentioned: p. 1246
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Saunier, Charles. "Critique d'Art: Salon des Indépendants," La Plume, no. 96 (April 15, 1893): 171-73.
page number: Mentioned: p. 172
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Coquiot, Gustave. Toulouse-Lautrec. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1923.
page number: Mentioned: p. 56; Reproduced: pl. 27
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Brook, Alexander. "Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec." The Arts 4, no. 3 (September 1923): 125-165.
page number: Reproduced: p. 158
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Barthélemy, A. Paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Exh. Cat. Chicago: Arts Club of Chicago, 1924.
page number: Mentioned: no. 1; Reproduced: cover
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Milliken, William M. "A Painting by Toulouse-Lautrec." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 12, no. 10 (December 1925): 159-161.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 159-161; Reproduced: n.p.
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Joyant, Maurice. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, peintre, 1864-1901. Paris: Floury, 1926.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: vol. I, p. 148
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Joyant, Maurice. "Toulouse-Lautrec." L'Art et l'artistes (February 1927): 145-172.
page number: Mentioned: p. 155
url:
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
page number: Reproduced: p. 40
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n44
“Lists of Objects in the Exhibition.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 16, no. 9 (1929): 159–75.
page number: Mentioned: p. 167
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Exposition H. de Toulouse-Lautrec au profit de la Société des Amis du Musée d'Albi. Exh. Cat. Paris: Musée des arts décoratifs, 1931.
page number: Mentioned: no. 98
url:
Wilenski, R. H. French Painting. Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1931.
page number: Mentioned: p. 277
url:
MacOrlan, Pierre. Lautrec: peintre de la lumière froide. Paris: Floury, 1934.
page number: Reproduced: p. 95
url:
Independent Painters of Nineteenth Century Paris. Exh. Cat. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1935.
page number: Mentioned: p. 34, no. 54
url:
Milliken, William M. "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art." The Art News 34, no. 37 (June 13, 1936): 7-14.
page number: Mentioned: p. 14
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Milliken, William M. "Superb Art Display Marks Cleveland Museum's 20th Anniversary." Art Digest 10 (July 1, 1936): 5-22.
page number: Reproduced: p. 20
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Toulouse-Lautrec: Paintings, Drawings, Posters, Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Musée D'Albi, France. Exh. Cat. New York: M. Knoedler and Company, 1937.
page number: Mentioned: p. 24, no. 14; Reproduced: pl. 14
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Uhde, Wilhelm. The Impressionists. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 107
url:
"Cleveland Museum: It is a treasure trove of great art masterpieces from all around the world." Life (September 20, 1943): 64-68.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 68
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Jewell, Edward Alden and Aimee Crane. French Impressionists and their Contemporaries Represented in American Collections. New York: Hyperion, 1944.
page number: Reproduced: p. 174
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Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945.
page number: Reproduced: p. 37
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Visson, Vladimir. A Loan Exhibition of Toulouse-Lautrec, For the Benefit of the Goddard Neighborhood Center. New York: Wildenstein and Company. 1946.
page number: Reproduced: p. 35, no. 22
url:
Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Posters by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901. Exh. Cat. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute Department of Fine Arts. 1947.
page number: Mentioned: p. 13, no. 16; Reproduced: opp. p. 12
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Saint-Gaudens, Homer. "Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901." Carnegie Magazine (1947).
page number: Reproduced: p. 257
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Florisoone, Michel and M. G. Dortu. Toulouse-Lautrec: Exposition en l'honneur du cinquantième anniversaire de sa mort. Exh. Cat. Paris: Orangerie des Tuileries, 1951.
page number: Mentioned: p. 15, no. 42; Reproduced: pl. V
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Jourdain, Francis. Toulouse-Lautrec. Paris: Braun, 1951.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 22
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Mack, Gerstle. Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Knopf, 1952.
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Cooper, Douglas. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Abrams, 1952.
page number: Reproduced: n.p.
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Toulouse-Lautrec: Exhibition Organized in Collaboration with the Albi Museum. Exh. Cat. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1955.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 39
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Jourdain, Francis and Jean Adhémar. T-Lautrec : Essai sur Toulouse-Lautrec. Paris: P. Tisne, 1955.
page number: Mentioned: p. 86
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Dortu, M.G., Jean Adhémar, and Madeleine Grillaert. Toulouse-Lautrec en belgique. Paris: Editart, 1955.
page number: Reproduced: n.p.
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Toulouse-Lautrec: Paintings, Drawings, Posters, and Lithographs. Exh. Cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1956.
page number: Mentioned: p. 46, no. 25; Reproduced: p. 17
url:
A Loan Exhibition of 19th and 20th Century French Paintings: Masterpieces Recalled, for the Benefit of the League for Emotionally Disturbed Children, Inc. Exh. Cat. New York: Paul Rosenberg & Co, 1957.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 33
url:
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 510
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Lowry, Bates. The Visual Experience: An Introduction to Art. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1961.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 72-73; Reproduced: pp. 72, 77
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Centenaire de Toulouse-Lautrec. Exh. Cat. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1964.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 57-58, no. 43; Reproduced: p. 56
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 179
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