Post-Impressionist painter and graphic artist who recorded the life of music-halls, cafes, and brothels in Paris. A brilliant draftsman and lithographer, he worked more often in watercolor and pastel than in oils. His primary interest was in form and in movement; the confident use of line and the flat planes of color in his lithographs owe a clear debt to Japanese prints. The technique is echoed in his oils, where he used thin paint and purposefully left much of the board unpainted. The son of a sporting Count of ancient lineage, he was crippled as a child and began drawing during his convalescence. He studied with Bonnat (1883) and with Corman (1884), when he met Van Gogh. In 1884 he established a studio in Montemarte and plunged into the nightlife, sketchbook in hand; he taught himself but was considerably influenced by Degas. He exhibited in Brussels with Les Vingt from 1887 and at the Salon des Independants from 1889. In the 1890’s he took up lithography producing some superb posters, notably for Artistide Bruant’s cabaret, and working for various publications. In 1895 he made first of several visits to London, where he knew Wilde and Beardsley. He was highly sensitive to jibes about his stunted growth, and drank heavily; in 1899 his health collapsed and he retired to a nursing home. From this period dates his series of circus pictures. After recovering, he lived mainly in Bordeaux, working industriously, but he died two years later. Not greatly appreciated in his lifetime, his work began to gain international renown after the retrospective exhibition at the Goupil Galleries in 1914. There are works in most museums of modern art and at his birthplace, Albi.
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Divan Japonais (Japanese Couch)1893 W. 9
Original color lithograph
Wittrock P11, Adhemar 11
Printed on wove paper, c. 1893
Signed “T. Lautrec†by Lautrec in stone lower right
Only State
Unframed Size: Image size: 31 7/8 x 24 5/8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1201
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La Vache Enragee (The enraged Bull)
Original color lithograph
Wittrock P27B, Adhemar 197
Printed on buff wove paper, c. 1896
Bears artist stamp “TL†upper right, dated 96
Unframed Size:
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1202
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La Revue Blanch
Original lithograph printed in four colors (olive-green blue red and black)
Wittrock P16, Adhemar 115
Printed on two sheets of wove paper, c. 1895
Signed with the artist’s monogram and dated lower left
Unframed Size: 49 3/8 x 35 7/8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1245
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Le Jockey
Lithograph printed in black ink
Delteil 279, Adhemar 365, Wittrock 356 i/ii
c. 1899
Second and final state
Signed by Lautrec’s monogram and dated on the stone, “TL 1899â€
From the edition of 112 on chine paper
Published by Pierrefort, Paris
Unframed Size: 20 1/4 x 14 1/4"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1395
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Promenoir
Lithograph printed in olive black-green ink
Delteil 290, Adhemar 324, Wittrock 315
c. 1899
Printed on japon paper, Full margins
Bearing artist’s red monogram stamp and numbered in pencil
From the edition of 100 (15 in public collections)
Published by La Maison Moderne, Paris in the album “Germinalâ€
Embossed with publisher’s blindstamp
Unframed Size: 28.3 x 22.4"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1498
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Portrait of Henry Somm
Drypoint in sanguine
Delteil 2 - 6, Wittrock 241-4; 246-7
c. 1898
Signed by Lautrec’s monogram lower left, “TLâ€
From the edition of 175 copies, Volume 1
As published in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Peintre et Dessins-Estampes-Affiches
Printed by H. Floury, Paris c. 1926 - 27
Editor: Maurice Joyant
Unframed Size: 10 1/2 x 8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1504
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Charles Maurin
Drypoint in sanguine
Delteil 2 - 6, Wittrock 241-4; 246-7
c. 1898
Signed by Lautrec’s monogram, “TLâ€
From the edition of 200 copies, Volume 2
As published in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Peintre et Dessins-Estampes-Affiches
Printed by H. Floury, Paris c. 1926 – 27
Editor: Maurice Joyant
Unframed Size: 10 1/2 x 8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1512
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Paula Brebion
Lithograph in olive-green on wove paper
Delteil 30, Adhemar 30
c. 1893
Signed by Lautrec’s monogram lower left, “TLâ€
From the edition of 300
Printed by Ancourt, Paris
Unframed Size: 10 1/4 x 7 1/2"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1536
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Confetti
Original brush spatter and crayon lithograph Printed in 3 colors on wove paper
Wittrock P13, Adhemar 9
c. 1893
Bearing Artist’s Signature Monogram Stamp
Signed in the plate, lower right
Only State
Unframed Size: 22 1/4 x 17 1/2"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1542
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La Coiffure, Programme du theatre Libre
Color Lithograph
Delteil 14, Adhemar 40, Adriani 40
Third state of three
Printed by Eugene Verneau, Paris
Unframed Size: 14 3/8 x 11 5/8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1555
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La Petit Trottin
Lithograph
Delteil 27, Adhemar 18, Adriani 36
c. 1893
Third state of three
Plate 11 of the Le Café Concert Series
Unframed Size: 11 x 7 7/8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1556
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Comique Excentrique Anglais
Lithograph
Delteil 26, Adhemar 34, Adriani 26
c. 1893
Printed by Eugene Verneau, Paris
Unframed Size: 13 7/8 x 7 7/8"
Framed Size: No Size Available
Inventory Number: TL 1557
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