ID: 700007479 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007479	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Au cirque: Entrèe en piste (drawing (visual work); Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864 - 1901) (French Arti...; 1899; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2001.19)

Note: The drawing shows a backstage view of a clownesse and a horse making their entrance into a circus performance area. The woman appears to be a bareback rider, and follows a massive Percheron draft horse, whose broad back and rump were ideal for the acrobatics of bareback riding.

Titles:

Au cirque: Entrèe en piste (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

At the Circus: Entering the Ring (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1899

Creator Display:

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864 - 1901) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Toulouse Lautrec, Henri de (French painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1864-1901) [500029114]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2001.19

Display Materials: Black and colored pencils on paper

	pencils (drawing and writing equipment) [300022439]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 31 x 20 cm (12 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Post-Impressionist [300021508] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	performer (performing artist) [300068931]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the performing arts>) (AAT)

	circus (performance) [300069235]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, entertainment events, performances (creative events)) (AAT)

	horse (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Dated by the artist in black chalk at the top right

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Au cirque: Entrèe en piste	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
At the Circus: Entering the Ring	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)