1894-95
Oil on cardboard, 65 x 84 cm
Emil Bührle Collection, Zurich
Lautrec was fascinated to discover that many of the girls in the brothels were deeply in love with each other, and he frequently made these couples the subjects of his paintings. He thereby succeeded in portraying the genuine depth of these lesbian relationships without exposing the girls' tenderness and helplessness to voyeurism.
