![Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC | Reine de Joie [Queen of Pleasure]](Images/400/211593.jpg)
Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
artist
France 1864 – 1901
138.4 (h) x 93.0 (w) cm , unknown
signed centre left, printed from the stone in green ink, 'HTLautrec' not dated
Reference: Wittrock P3 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra NGA 2011.829 Purchased with the assistance of Mary Peabody 2011
Following the success of his first poster Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, Lautrec was commissioned to design advertising for various venues, performers, and novels. This poster was created for Victor Joze’s erotic novel, Reine de joie: moeurs du demi-monde [Queen of pleasure: the mores of the demi-monde], about a young demi-mondaine who secures a regular allowance, jewellery and an apartment courtesy of a rich banker. Lautrec mockingly represents the couple – the beautiful young courtesan is set in stark contrast to her corpulent older lover.
Following the success of his first poster Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, Lautrec was commissioned to design advertising for various venues, performers, and novels. This poster was created for Victor Joze’s erotic novel, Reine de joie: moeurs du demi-monde [Queen of pleasure: the mores of the demi-monde], about a young demi-mondaine who secures a regular allowance, jewellery and an apartment courtesy of a rich banker. Lautrec mockingly represents the couple – the beautiful young courtesan is set in stark contrast to her corpulent older lover.
Following the success of his first poster Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, Lautrec was commissioned to design advertising for various venues, performers, and novels. This poster was created for Victor Joze’s erotic novel, Reine de joie: moeurs du demi-monde [Queen of pleasure: the mores of the demi-monde], about a young demi-mondaine who secures a regular allowance, jewellery and an apartment courtesy of a rich banker. Lautrec mockingly represents the couple – the beautiful young courtesan is set in stark contrast to her corpulent older lover.
