Le Tandem (Primary Title)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864 - 1901 (Artist)
Toulouse-Lautrec depicts a rehearsal for an equestrian circus act in which two horses ride in tandem. A clown and other members of the troop watch in the arena, while a woman jockey or amazone drives the two powerful horses. To heighten the visual interest of the drawing, he added color to the horses. The odd, disconcerting perspective is typical of Lautrec’s Post-Impressionist style influenced by Japanese prints. Lautrec undertook the circus series to which this belongs, consisting of thirty-nine crayon drawings, when being treated for alcoholism at a sanitarium outside Paris.
Signed with artist's monogram upper right, and artist's monogram stamp, lower right.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Experimental Lines: Impressionist and Postimpressionist Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. VMFA, March 23, 2024 - January 1, 2025
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
"European Modern: Master Artists from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", VMFA Statewide Exhibition, William King Museum, Abingdon, Virginia, August 23, 2013 to January 5, 2014.
"From Picasso to Magritte: European Masters from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts," Taubman Museum of Fine Art, Roanoke, Virginia, January 25 - August 23, 2014.
"From Delacroix to Toulouse-Lautrec: French Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon," VMFA, August 23, 1994 - February 12, 1995.
"Toulouse-Lautrec," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, 1946, no. 48c.
"Loan Exhibition of the Collection of Pictures of Erich Maria Remarque," Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1943, no. 47
"Fifty Famous Paintings," Art Association, 1938, no. 73
"Toulouse-Lautrec." Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1937, no. 50
"The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec," Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1931, no. 17
"Toulouse-Lautrec (trentenaire)," Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, April - May, 1931, no. 259
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
"European Modern: Master Artists from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", VMFA Statewide Exhibition, William King Museum, Abingdon, Virginia, August 23, 2013 to January 5, 2014.
"From Picasso to Magritte: European Masters from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts," Taubman Museum of Fine Art, Roanoke, Virginia, January 25 - August 23, 2014.
"From Delacroix to Toulouse-Lautrec: French Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon," VMFA, August 23, 1994 - February 12, 1995.
"Toulouse-Lautrec," Wildenstein Gallery, New York, 1946, no. 48c.
"Loan Exhibition of the Collection of Pictures of Erich Maria Remarque," Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1943, no. 47
"Fifty Famous Paintings," Art Association, 1938, no. 73
"Toulouse-Lautrec." Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1937, no. 50
"The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec," Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1931, no. 17
"Toulouse-Lautrec (trentenaire)," Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, April - May, 1931, no. 259
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