Lot Essay
After a successful run at the Ambassadeurs, the same (but reversed) image was redrawn for Bruant's appearance at the Eldorado theater on the boulevard de Strasbourg.
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Eldorado: Aristide Bruant (D. 344; W. P5; Adr. 4)
Details
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Eldorado: Aristide Bruant (D. 344; W. P5; Adr. 4)
lithograph in colors, 1892, on two joined sheets of wove paper, the colors fresh, Wittrock's only state, printed by Bourgerie & Cie. (Affiches Ancourt), with the Republique Française inkstamp, with full margins, with the usual vertical fold down the center and another horizontal fold at the center of the upper sheet, minor uneven discoloration of paper in the margins, a laid-down fragment in the upper right corner of the margin, scattered foxing in the lower right and left margins, several unobtrusive tears along the edges, otherwise in good condition, laid down to canvas, framed
L. 53 1/8 x 37¾ in. (1375 x 959 mm.)
S. 59½ x 39¼ (1511 x 998 mm.)
Eldorado: Aristide Bruant (D. 344; W. P5; Adr. 4)
lithograph in colors, 1892, on two joined sheets of wove paper, the colors fresh, Wittrock's only state, printed by Bourgerie & Cie. (Affiches Ancourt), with the Republique Française inkstamp, with full margins, with the usual vertical fold down the center and another horizontal fold at the center of the upper sheet, minor uneven discoloration of paper in the margins, a laid-down fragment in the upper right corner of the margin, scattered foxing in the lower right and left margins, several unobtrusive tears along the edges, otherwise in good condition, laid down to canvas, framed
L. 53 1/8 x 37¾ in. (1375 x 959 mm.)
S. 59½ x 39¼ (1511 x 998 mm.)
Provenance
Isselbacher Gallery, New York, February 1983.
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 & Toulouse-Lautrec, June 8 - September 7, 2003.
Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, La Belle Époque & Toulouse-Lautrec, June 8 - September 7, 2003.