L’Entraineur

Details

HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
L’Entraineur
lithograph in blue, on wove paper, 1896, from the edition of approximately thirty, the blue particularly fresh and unattenuated, with margins, the sheet possibly fractionally reduced, a small pressure mark to the right of the dog, the sheet rippling slightly in the upper sheet, otherwise in very good condition, framed
Image: 9 ¼ x 17 7/8 in. (236 x 454 mm.)
Sheet: 14 7/8 x 22 ¼ in. (377 x 562 mm.)

Provenance

Franz Wilhelm Koenigs (1881-1941), Haarlem.
Acquired by the above circa 1900-1920 (according to the family); thence by descent to the present owners.

Literature

Delteil 172; Adhémar 361; Wittrock 313; Adriani 287

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Lot Essay

As a child Lautrec had regularly attended horse races, and his early sketch-books are filled with studies of jockeys and thoroughbreds. Although he remained an enthusiastic follower throughout adulthood of tracks such as Auteuil and Longchamps, it was only in 1895 that the subject was revived in his art. In this lithograph Lautrec depicts several blanket-clad horses being taken out for their morning exercise routine. The presence of a hill in the background suggests that the location may be Longchamp. Lautrec's close observation of the animals, from the pent-up anticipation of the rearing horse in the background, to the stout little terrier stoically following his master in the foreground, is typically unsentimental and yet reflects his deep affinity with animals.

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