May Milton
1895
- Medium
- color lithograph
- Dimensions
- 79.5 × 61.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-207684
Posters grew in popularity after 1881, when many restrictions on their placement were lifted and it became unlawful to remove or destroy them. The first exhibition of posters took place in 1884, and they were soon accepted as a legitimate art form. Lautrec, a gifted draftsman, excelled at designing arresting lithographs. May Milton, one of his boldest compositions, illustrates Lautrec's innovative style based on a dynamic pattern of flat, simplified, brightly colored shapes and dramatic silhouettes. Lautrec, an astute observer of character and physical features, captured the life of a decaden…
Provenance
Williams Collection, 1952.10
Registry history
- 1895 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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