May Belfort (Grande Planche) (Adr. 123; W. 114)

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
May Belfort (Grande Planche) (Adr. 123; W. 114)
lithograph in dark olive green and olive grey, 1895, a fine impression, on wove paper, Wittrock's third state, from the second edition of twenty, with the red monogram stamp, signed in pencil and numbered No. 11 at the lower right, distributed by E. Kleinmann, with his stamp in the lower left corner, a repaired tear extending from the middle of the right sheet edge close to but not reaching the subject, two further shorter tears in the lower left corner, with associated minor soft creasing, some light- and mount staining, remains of old tape on the reverse at the right sheet edge
L. 540 x 420 mm., S. 760 x 545 mm.

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拍品專文

In 1895 Toulouse-Lautrec visited the café-concert Les Décadents to see Jane Avril dance. There he discovered another star, the Irish singer May Belfort, who was soon to become a favourite subject of his, and he depicted her in no fewer than six lithographs. She used to appear on stage in pastel-coloured dresses with puffed sleeves, carrying in her arms a little black cat. Her speciality was a rendition of 'Daddy wouldn't buy me a bow-wow' sung in a distinctly knowing manner. For all her mock-innocent airs, May Belfort was famous for her lesbian affairs, most notably with May Milton, another of the English-speaking singers then en vogue.