Miss May Belfort en cheveux

1895

9 7/8 x 14 in /
22.9 x 35.6 cm

Single edition of 30 impressions
One of 15 impressions printed in black on wove paper
Distributed by Kleinmann
16 in public collections
RARE

In the spring of 1895, Lautrec's interest turned to the Irish chanteuse May Belfort (May Egan). There was a great vogue for English-speaking women singers in Paris at the time, and Belfort had found her niche. In a frilly Kate Greenaway dress and a mob cap with a big bow, Belfort sang nursery rhymes in a lisping voice filled with double-entendres, all the time maintaining a dead straight face.

References: Wittrock 116, Adriani 122