Lot Essay
Commissioned by the Moulin Rouge (M. Zidler). This is the artist's first and largest poster.
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POSTERS
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Moulin Rouge - La Goulue (D. 339; W. P1; Adr. 1)
Details
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Moulin Rouge - La Goulue (D. 339; W. P1; Adr. 1)
lithograph in colors, 1891, on two joined sheets of wove paper, Wittrock's state C (of D), printed by Affiches Américaines, Charles Lévy, Paris, with full margins, an unobtrusive 2¾-in. tear in the lower sheet at the upper center, scattered foxing, soft rubbing along the upper edge, minor losses at lower left and right edges, a 3-in. diagonal loss at the lower right corner, several unobtrusive tears at upper, lower and right edges, otherwise in very good condition, laid down to wove paper and then canvas, framed
L. 66 x 46 3/8 in. (1678 x 1178 mm.)
S. 68 x 49 3/8 in. (1728 x 1254 mm.)
Moulin Rouge - La Goulue (D. 339; W. P1; Adr. 1)
lithograph in colors, 1891, on two joined sheets of wove paper, Wittrock's state C (of D), printed by Affiches Américaines, Charles Lévy, Paris, with full margins, an unobtrusive 2¾-in. tear in the lower sheet at the upper center, scattered foxing, soft rubbing along the upper edge, minor losses at lower left and right edges, a 3-in. diagonal loss at the lower right corner, several unobtrusive tears at upper, lower and right edges, otherwise in very good condition, laid down to wove paper and then canvas, framed
L. 66 x 46 3/8 in. (1678 x 1178 mm.)
S. 68 x 49 3/8 in. (1728 x 1254 mm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, November 1, 1980, sale 4456, lot 195a.
Exhibited
Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Toulouse-Lautrec - The Guardsmark Collection, September 10 - October 22, 1989.
Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Degas, Forain, Toulouse-Lautrec: Images of Dancers, October 13, 2002 - January 5, 2003.
Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, La Belle Époque & Toulouse-Lautrec, June 8 - September 7, 2003.
Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Degas, Forain, Toulouse-Lautrec: Images of Dancers, October 13, 2002 - January 5, 2003.
Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, La Belle Époque & Toulouse-Lautrec, June 8 - September 7, 2003.