She was a favorite subject of artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who made many portraits and caricatures of Guilbert and dedicated his second album of sketches to her. Sigmund Freud attended her performances, including one in Vienna, and called her a favorite singer.

The famous singer Yvette Guilbert (1867‒1944), a genuine star of the Divan Japonais, Ambassadeurs and Moulin Rouge cabarets in fin-de-siècle Paris, had met Toulouse Lautrec at the beginning of 1893 through the writer Maurice Donnay and had become one of the painter’s favourite vedettes.

Séduit par le personnage d'Yvette Guilbert (1864-1944), Lautrec représente la "diseuse'' sur plusieurs oeuvres. C'est à l' Eden-Concert où elle débute en 1889 qu'elle invente sa silhouette, longue et mince, gainée de soie verte, les bras gantés de …

Title: Yvette Guilbert. Artist: after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois) Date: 1894. Medium: Lithograph. Classification: Prints. Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962. Object Number: 62.650.236.

Yvette Guilbert's cabaret act was centered on the distinctive long black gloves that she wore during performances. This drawing depicts Yvette Guilbert, a popular Parisian cabaret performer who was the subject of numerous prints, posters, drawings, and …

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Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API. Title: Yvette Guilbert. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois) Author: Gustave Geffroy. Publisher: l'Estampe Originale. …

In the artwork, the French singer Yvette Guilbert is depicted with a distinctively stylized form, a signature aspect of Toulouse-Lautrec’s renowned artistic style. The composition emphasizes elongated limbs and a slender body, highlighting the elegance and …

HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) Yvette Guilbert the complete set of nine lithographs, eight printed in black and beige within a platemark, one printed in black, and the lithographic cover, on laid paper, 1898, with title-page, text, justification, table of contents and printed tissue guards, copy 40/350, from the First Edition, published ...

In this watercolor study for the series of lithographs, Album Yvette Guilbert, he depicted her in her trademark costume: black gloves and a simple satin dress with a deep v-neck in front and back. Although Guilbert did not appreciate Toulouse-Lautrec’s characterization of her irregular features, the album of lithographs nonetheless increased ...