Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Truffier et Moreno, dans 'Les Femmes Savantes' (L.D. 54; A. 60; W. 46; Adriani 38)

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Truffier et Moreno, dans 'Les Femmes Savantes' (L.D. 54; A. 60; W. 46; Adriani 38)
lithograph, 1893, on wove paper, a fine, fresh impression, the upper and lower edges of the lithographic stone distinct, with the artist's red monogram stamp (L. 1338), numbered 'no. 20' in pencil, from the edition of 50, published by E. Kleinmann, Paris, with his blindstamp (L. 1573), with narrow margins, a short repaired tear at the upper sheet corners, just touching the edge of the subject, one or two very pale, unobtrusive foxmarks, otherwise generally in good condition
L. 377 x 265mm., S. 378 x 275mm.

Lot Essay

Lautrec's sudden enthusiasm for classical theatre was inspired by his close friend Romain Coolus (René Weil), a great lover of literature and the theatre. Together they attended the Comédie Française in the 1893-4 season, where the artist particularly admired the actor Charles Jules Truffier as Trissotin, and Moreno (Marguerite Monceau) as Armande in Molière's Les Femmes Savantes. Here Lautrec portrays the scene in which Trissotin reads a poem aloud to the précieuses ridicules.

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