Rosmersholm; Le Gage

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

National Gallery of Art

The image is a sketch-style monochrome poster featuring three people. The two seated people are shown from the waist up. One is leaning slightly backward, depicted with a rough outline of their face lacking detail, wearing a detailed jacket with a checkered vest underneath and holding a monocle near their face. The other seated person is a woman with visible facial features; she has an elaborate updo hairstyle, wearing a high-collared, ruffled dress with polka dots. The third person is standing on the left, shown in a side profile from head to knee, with facial features including a mustache and short, slicked hair. He wears a suit with a bow tie and holds an object with a visible partial word in his left hand. Behind the characters, the background is filled with sketch-like lines and minimal forms, featuring a decorative item that resembles a sculpture or model of a horse and rider on a pedestal. The poster includes text in French detailing information about plays, performances, and a theater event for the 1897-1898 season at the Salle du Nouveau-Théâtre in Paris.