HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

Le photographe Sescau (D. 353; W. P22; Adr. 60)

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HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Le photographe Sescau (D. 353; W. P22; Adr. 60)
lithograph in colors, 1896, on wove paper, the colors fresh, Wittrock's state C (of C), the full sheet, an unobtrusive vertical and horizontal fold along the center, several short tears and splits along the left edge, four short tears and a laid-down fragment at lower right, otherwise in very good condition, laid down to linen, framed
S. 24 x 31 3/8 in. (610 x 798 mm.)

Provenance

Isselbacher Gallery, New York, November 1978.

Exhibited

Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Toulouse-Lautrec - The Guardsmark Collection, September 10 - October 22, 1989.

Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, La Belle Époque and Toulouse-Lautrec, June 8 - September 7, 2003.

Lot Essay

Commissioned by Paul Sescau, a photographer and friend who commissioned this ad for his services. He was know for his attempts to seduce models in his studio and Toulouse-Lautrec humorously portrays the female figure leaving the room in disgust. The pattern of question marks on her wardrobe shows he quandry of the whole situation.

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