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The Jockey

1899
(French, 1864–1901)
France, late 19th Century
color lithograph
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1967.234
Catalogue raisonné: Wittrock Vol.II.308 ; Delteil 279
State: W. II/II
Location: not on view
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec set this print at an identifiable race track, at Longchamps in Paris's Bois de Boulougne.

Description

Motivated by the popularity of the races, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec executed this lithograph both in color, seen here, and in black and white. He intended to publish the color version in a portfolio of horse-racing subjects, but the project never came to fruition and Jockey was published alone. The artist's admiration for Edgar Degas's horse-racing pictures is clear in Jockey, and he shared Degas's appreciation of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Particular elements of the lithograph reveal the influence of the Japanese woodcut: the overall flatness; the daring cropping—particularly of the background horse whose head and hindquarters have been omitted; the pale green hue of the grass and the blue-violet sky; and the dramatic, rushing perspective of the horses galloping into the distance. However, the younger artist incorporated the Japanese aesthetic into his own visual language in an entirely original way. Unlike Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec ignored Eadweard Muybridge's photographs and depicted his horse and rider in the physically impossible "flying-gallop" position.
The Jockey

The Jockey

1899

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

(French, 1864–1901)
France, late 19th Century

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