Couverture de L'Estampe originale (D. 17; W. 3; Adr. 9)

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HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Couverture de L'Estampe originale (D. 17; W. 3; Adr. 9)
lithograph in colors, 1893, on wove paper, the colors good, signed in pencil, numbered 'No 82', from the edition of 100, published by André Marty, with the L'Estampe Originale blindstamp (Lugt 819), with wide margins (the lower edge slightly trimmed), the usual central vertical fold (as issued) (partially touched in), otherwise in generally very good condition, framed
L. 22 1/8 x 28¼ in. (564 x 717 mm.)
S. 22 7/8 x 31 1/16 in. (581 x 789 mm.)

Lot Essay

One of the new ways in which original prints were offered to the public in the 1890s was in the form of albums. L'Estampe originale was published by Andre Marty and eventually ran to nine separate albums. Lautrec was responsible for the lithographic wrapper produced for the first album and for the color lithograph, Aux Ambassadeurs (see lot 16) which appeared in the sixth. In this lot, he depicts Jane Avril examining a proof which has just been pulled by Père Cotelle, the master printer at Edward Ancourt et Cie.

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