Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Répétition Générale aux Folies Bergère, Emilienne d'Alençon et Mariquita (L.D. 44; A. 47; W. 34; Adriani 49)

lithograph, 1893, on simili-Japan, a fine and fresh impression of the very rare second (final) state, with the grey-brown tint stone, one of only about ten impressions in this state (there was also a numbered edition of 100 in the first state without the tint stone published in L'Escarmouche), the full sheet as published, a crease at the lower right sheet edge, one or two further, short creases at the sheet corners, residual backing at the upper left and lower right reverse sheet corners, generally in very good condition
L. 375 x 258mm., S. 461 x 312mm.

Lot Essay

The lithograph represents Emilienne d'Alençon and Mariquita rehearsing for the pantomime ballet, the Bal des Quatr'z'Arts, which had its première at the Folies Bergère on 16 December 1893. It appeared in L'Escarmouche, No. 4, on 3 December 1893, which predicted that 'the pantomime ballet by Messieurs Courteline and Marsolleau will be a great success, adding yet another triumph to those already put on by this theatre - like that of Loïe Fuller, who is receiving tumultuous applause evening after evening'.
The artist made another lithograph of a scene from the same pantomime, which appeared in L'Escarmouche the day after the première (see lot 711)

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