Elles: Woman at the Tub

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman bending over a large metal basin. The woman is wearing a long black dress with white trim on the sleeves and collar. Her hair is pulled back, and she is holding a cylindrical object, possibly a roller or a clothes roller, in her right hand, which is submerged in the basin. The basin is round and has two handles on either side; it contains a light-brown liquid and a yellowish object. The floor is red, and there is a fireplace with a clock and a bust on a mantle to the left of the woman. The walls are yellow with red dots and have several pieces of artwork or prints on them. The right wall is mostly blank and off-white. The overall style of the image is impressionist. The title of the artwork is "Woman at the Tub" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.