3. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: La Visite: Rue des Moulins (1894)
In a historical context, a carte de visite (visiting card) is a specific type of popular in the mid-19th century. La visite
The drawing often draws comparisons to Edouard Manet's Olympia . It features Delvaux's signature theme of "bourgeois spectators" contemplating a nude figure, a motif also seen in his 1932 painting The Sleeping Venus . La visite
It typically consisted of an albumen print on thin paper, mounted on a thicker cardboard backing (roughly La visite
Many 1950s limited edition folios featured these high-quality prints "hand tipped-in" on paper boards for collectors. 4. Other Notable Works La Visite Guidee | Walker Art Center