# At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol), in Post-Impressionism

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec drew this in 1899, aged 35. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> A circus horse performs the Spanish walk, lifting each foreleg high in an exaggerated stride under the control of its rider.

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## The work

- Date: 1899
- Medium: Graphite, black and colored pastel, and charcoal on off-white heavy wove paper
- Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (35 x 25 cm)
- Type: Drawings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.731
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec), French, 1864–1901

Toulouse-Lautrec came from an aristocratic family in Albi; after two leg fractures in his teens his legs stopped growing, and he turned to art.

8 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec?hang=749) (8 works)
- [More drawings of the 19th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-19?hang=749) (92 works)
- [19th-century France](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-france?hang=749) (237 works)

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