Auction on
19 June 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Château d'Artigny, 92, rue de Monts - 37250 Montbazon
American Loïe Fuller was one of the muses of late 19th-century Paris. The dancer and her whirling veil come to life in a rare depiction of Fuller by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), La Loïe Fuller sur la piste (Loïe Fuller Onstage), c. 1893, oil on paper mounted on cardboard, school label on back of cardboard numbered 34, 49 x 56 cm/19.3 x 22 in (detail). Estimate: €60,000/80,000
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), La Loïe Fuller sur la piste (Loïe Fuller Onstage), c. 1893, oil on paper mounted on cardboard, school label on back of cardboard numbered 34, 49 x 56 cm/19.3 x 22 in (detail). Estimate: €60,000/80,000
In the front row, ideally placed, we attend the show of Loïe Fuller (1862-1928) who was all the rage during the year 1892 at the Folies Bergère. Seen from behind, the American dancer’s silhouette stands out in a few brushstrokes: the result of quick, precise gestures from which life naturally springs. Arms raised, she flourishes a veil—the chief accessory in her famous serpentine dance—, spinning it above her head in a circular movement, seemingly mirrored…
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