\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 La Goulue, a famous dancer at the Moulin Rouge, commissioned this painting from Toulouse-Lautrec to decorate the pavilion wh
ere the soubrette performed her Moorish dance. \par
The artist rapidly and effectively sketched the figures as they moved on stage and around the theater, accentuating their traits to the point of caricature. Before being acquired by the French State,