MAY MILTON

Details

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de
MAY MILTON
lithograph in colours, 1895, condition B+; slight tears and creases at the edges, backed on linen, framed
31½ x 24½in. (80 x 62cm.)

Provenance

With the Lords Gallery

Literature

D.F.P.II, 836
Wittrock, P 17b
Adriani, 134.II

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Lot Essay

May Milton is immortilised here in Lautrec's poster, and this is the extent of her fame. The English dancer performed for one season only in Paris travelling to New York shortly after, never to be heard of again. Lautrec's poster was indeed designed to advertise her American Tour, although it was only seen in France in the magazine 'Le Rire'. Lautrec also designed a similar composition for the dancer's lover, May Belfort in the same year.

MAY MILTON

Lot Essay

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