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    Important Belle Époque Prints: The Guardsmark Collection

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    • HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
    Lot 428

    HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

    Confetti (D. 352; W. P13; Adr. 101)

    Price realised

    USD 50,400

    Estimate

    USD 35,000 - USD 45,000

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    HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
    Confetti (D. 352; W. P13; Adr. 101)
    lithograph in colors, 1894, on wove paper, Wittrock's only state, with the Kleinmann blindstamp, printed by Bella & de Malherbe, London and Paris, the full sheet (printed to two sides), pale mat staining, soft creasing, minor surface soiling in the margins, otherwise in good condition, framed
    L. 22 3/8 x 15 3/8 in. (569 x 391 mm.)
    S. 22 3/8 x 17 5/16 in. (568 x 439 mm.)

    Provenance

    Isselbacher Gallery, New York, May 1983.

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    Literature and exhibited

    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.


    Lot Essay

    J. & E. Bella, London, a paper manufacturer, commissioned this portrait of Edward VII favorite actress - Jeanne Granier.

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