HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

Irish and American Bar, Rue Royale - The Chap Book (D. 362; W. P18; Adr. 139)

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HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Irish and American Bar, Rue Royale - The Chap Book (D. 362; W. P18; Adr. 139)
lithograph in colors, 1895, on wove paper, the colors bright and fresh, Wittrock's state B (of B), with letters, printed by Chaix, the full sheet, the sheet slightly toned (as is usual for this paper), a pale moisture stain at the center of the subject, a 1½-in. tear at the upper right sheet edge, several other shorter tears elsewhere, otherwise in good condition, laid down to Japon, framed
S. 16¼ x 23 3/8 in. (412 x 592 mm.)

Provenance

Isselbacher Gallery, New York, May 1979.

Exhibited

New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Images of the 1890's, November 7, 1985 - January 26, 1986.

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.

Lot Essay

Commissioned by the American magazine The Chap Book, Chicago as an advertisement in the French magazine La Plume. The poster shows one of Lautrec's favorite bars frequented by a horse racing crowd. The figure on the far right is the Rothschild family's coachman, Tom. The bartender, Ralph, was a San Franciscan Chinese-American Indian.

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