Paula Brébion, from Le Café Concert (L.D., A. 30; W. 20; Adriani 18)

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Paula Brébion, from Le Café Concert (L.D., A. 30; W. 20; Adriani 18)
lithograph printed in olive-green, 1893, on soft Japan with wirelines, a fine impression, from the de luxe edition of 50 (there was also an edition of 500 on wove paper), published in Le Café Concert by L'Estampe Originale, A. Marty, Paris, with full margins, in very good condition
L. 262 x 200mm., S. 464 x 291mm.

Lot Essay

The lithograph depicts the enormously successful singer Paula Brébion, who was described by Georges Montorgueil as 'dark and powerful, with wide open eyes light as water, and the lisping voice of a little girl, when she wistfully stretches out her lovely arms, singing her constant refrain 'Ah, how I love the soldier boys!'

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