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Old Man and Young Girl

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Old Man and Young Girl by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Old Man and Young Girl by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 17 cm × 24 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

17 cm × 24 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 7 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 24 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
24 cm
Width
17 cm
Medium
Lithograph on cream wove paper
Kind
Print
Made in
France
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
Image: 24.2 × 13.4 cm (9 9/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 13 cm × 24 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
Prints and Drawings Purchase Fund

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
17 cm × 24 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1899. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Prints and Drawings Purchase Fund.
How was it made?
Lithograph on cream wove paper, made in France.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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