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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)

Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Prints and Drawings: Prints by Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Charles Camoin, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cezanne, Henri Edmond Cross, Edgar Degas, Sonia Delaunay, Maurice Denis, André Derain, Susanne Duchamp, Raoul Dufy, Jean-Louis Forain, Pauk Gauguin, Marie Laurencin, Edouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Berthé Morisot, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Geeorges Rouault, Ker Xavier Roussel, Paul Signac, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Suzanne Valadon, Maurice de Vlaminck, James A. McNeill Whistler, and others.

Drawings by Albert Besnard, Andre Barbier, Henri Edmond Cross, Jean-Louis Forain, Eva Gonzales, Marie Laurencin, Maximilien Luce, and Georges Rouault.

Hand-colored prints by Mary Cassatt, Marc Chagall, Sonja Delaunay, Joan Miró, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.

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When we think of Paris at the end of the nineteenth century, we think of Toulouse-Lauttrec's images of it, his actresses, dancers, dandies, fallen women, race horses, raconteurs, and its night life as he portrayed it, butToulouse-Lautrec did not come out of nowhere. According to Jean Adhemar, formerly Curator of Prints at the Bibliotheque National in Paris and author of the Complete Lithographs and Drypoints, Degas was his model as a draftsman, and he was inspied by the lithographs of Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouaurd Vuillard. Setting himself apart from the Impressionists and not willing to commit to the Nabis, Toulouse-Lauttrec's work is more expressionistic than anything else. One of the most beloved of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, Toulouse-Lautrec's works are in every major museum in the world and he is acclaimed as one of the finest and most active printmakers of the era. Much of his short life (1864-1901) was spent on his favorite pursuits: making art, drinking, and devoting himself to the varied pleasures of the musical theatre.

Select bibliography: Jean Adhemar, Toulouse-Lautrec: Complete Lithographs and Drypoints (Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1987), Francis Carey & Antony Griffiths, From Manet to Toulouse-Lautrec: French Lithographs 1860-1900 (London: British Museum, 1978), Riva Castelman & Wolfgang Wittrock, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Images of the 1890s (New York: MoMA, 1985), Loys Delteil, Le Peintre Graveur: Toulouse-Lautrec (Paris, nd), Richard Thomson et al, Toulouse-Lautrec (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991).
Portrait of Tristan Bernard (Adhémar 282). Original drypoint, 1895. As published in Theodore Duret's Lautrec (Paris, 1920). Monogrammed in the plate. There were also 25 impressions for Tristan Bernard and 445 for Le Peintre-Graveur. Image size: 168x100mm. Price: $3500.
Ta Bouche / Your mouth (L.D. 21, A. 25). Original lithograph printed in red ink, 1893. 100 impressions in black and sepia before letters plus an edition with sheet music. Our impression from a later edition. Monogrammed in the stone. Pulled with special authorisation by the Musée d'Albi from Lautrec's original stone. Image size: 254x190mm. Price: SOLD.
Columbine à Pierrot (L. D. 96, A. 103). Original lithograph, 1895. Originally published in the portfolio, Elles. This impression is one of 200 impressions printed in Lautrec vert ink on Velin de Rives paper for the deluxe edition of the posthumous printing (authorized by the Musée d'Albi from Lautrec's original stone. There were also 50 impressions in sepia and 1700 impressions in black. Image size: 249x116mm. Price: $1950.

We also have the same image available in the edition of 1700 printed in black priced at $1350.
Columbine à Pierrot (L. D. 96, A. 103). Original lithograph, 1895. Originally published in the portfolio, Elles. This impression is one of 1700 impressions printed on Velin de Rives paper for the deluxe edition of the posthumous printing (authorized by the Musée d'Albi from Lautrec's original stone. There were also 50 impressions in sepia and 200 impressions in Lautrec vert ink. Image size: 249x116mm. Price: $1350.
Achetez mes Belles Violettes / Buy my pretty violets (L. D. 140 ii/ii, A. 165). Original lithograph, 1895. The first edition was printed as a cover for sheet music by Desiré Dihau; this impression is one of 500 impressions on wove paper without the sheet music on the verso. Monogrammed in the stone. There were aboit 410 impressions in the earlier printings. From the last editioned authorized by the Musée d'Albi from Lautrec's original stone. Image size: 259x209mm. Price: $1750.
Oceano Nox / Night on the Ocean (L. D. 137 ii/ii, A. 159). Original lithograph, 1895. The first edition was printed as a cover for sheet music by Desiré Dihau; this impression is one of 500 impressions on wove paper without the sheet music on the verso. Monogrammed in the stone. There were aboit 410 impressions in the earlier printings. From the last editioned authorized by the Musée d'Albi from Lautrec's original stone. Image size: 259x209mm. Price: SOLD.

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