Dancer with Raised Arms, Red Chalk Study

Loose line drawing in red chalk and graphite of a woman in profile, arms raised high overhead, body turned toward the viewer. A fainter second figure stands behind her at right, with a pale horizontal line suggesting a stage edge or barre across the sheet.

Artist

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Date

1900

Medium

Graphite and red chalk, with touches of black crayon, heightened with traces of white chalk, on ivory wove paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

843 × 1143 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation