Lot Essay
This image was used as the cover for the first album of L'estampe originale.
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Couverture de L'estampe originale (D. 17; W. 3; Adr. 9)
Details
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Couverture de L'estampe originale (D. 17; W. 3; Adr. 9)
lithograph in colors, 1893, on wove paper, Wittrock's only state, signed in pencil, numbered 'No 82' (the edition was 100, there are also a few known proofs with different color stones), printed by Ancourt, published by Journal des artistes (André Marty) with the L'estampe originale blindstamp (L. 819), with wide margins (the lower edge slightly trimmed), the usual central vertical fold (as issued) (partially touched in), occasional very minor surface soiling in the margins, a 1-mm. loss at the lower sheet edge in the subject's coat, otherwise in good condition, framed
L. 22 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. (562 x 650 mm.)
S. 22 7/8 x 31 in. (581 x 787 mm.)
Couverture de L'estampe originale (D. 17; W. 3; Adr. 9)
lithograph in colors, 1893, on wove paper, Wittrock's only state, signed in pencil, numbered 'N
L. 22 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. (562 x 650 mm.)
S. 22 7/8 x 31 in. (581 x 787 mm.)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, November 12, 2002, sale 1138, lot 29.
Exhibited
Atlanta, Georgia, The High Museum of Art, Toulouse-Lautrec: Posters and Prints from the Collection of Irene and Howard Stein, March 24 - June 14, 1998.
Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, La Belle Époque & Toulouse-Lautrec, June 8 - September 7, 2003.
Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, La Belle Époque & Toulouse-Lautrec, June 8 - September 7, 2003.