{"title":"Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-901), or Lautrec for short, is without a doubt the artist whose flamboyant personality and style is most closely associated with the exuberance of Paris of 1900.  A consummate reveler, Lautrec lived fast and furiously.  His background as a wealthy nobleman showed only in the fact that he was able to create almost unhindered by material concerns.  He drew and painted avidly, even at times when he was out on the town.  He was fascinated with performers, in dance halls, the opera, or the theater alike; and he liked to depict characters of all walks of life, from the lowly prostitute to the nobleman.  He did so with verve, often exaggerating prominent features, to the dismay of many of his models.  He is known mostly for his colorful posters, but was by far created more monochromatic lithographs.  In these works the drawing prevails and his strong sense of line and composition becomes eminently clear.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"divan-japonais","title":"Divan Japonais","description":"","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12605045768234,"sku":"172","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/imgresize_c00c8a90-f6b0-47ec-9fde-de56eb26ab77.jpg?v=1525479008"},{"product_id":"jane-avril","title":"Jane Avril","description":"\u003cp\u003eRef: Delteil 28; Stella 18. From the series \"Cafe Concert\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12605045833770,"sku":"3737","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/imgresize_c37e06e5-b1d2-4eb8-b370-77125c38f82b.jpg?v=1525479008"},{"product_id":"le-jockey","title":"Le Jockey","description":"\u003cp\u003eRef: W. 308; D. 279; A 365. Second state, second edition. Edition of 100 printed on china. An additional 12 were printed on japon. Monogramed and dated in the stone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12605046128682,"sku":"4784","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/imgresize_a6a31bae-bf61-42ac-89b0-92704c5aef6c.jpg?v=1525479003"},{"product_id":"may-milton","title":"May Milton","description":"\u003cp\u003eRef: Wittrock P 17; Delteil 356; Adhemar 149. Exceptionally fresh colors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12605046226986,"sku":"5678","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/imgresize_15fe388a-229f-4d51-a56d-7a62f1e95c8a.jpg?v=1525479002"},{"product_id":"une-redoute-au-moulin-rouge","title":"Une Redoute au Moulin Rouge","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinted on wove paper. References: Delteil 65; Adriani 54; Wittrock 42. Extremely rare impression apart from the edition of 50, with only the left half of the image printed. Wittrock records only three known proofs with only the left half or the right half of the image printed. Signed with the artist's red monogram stamp, lower right (Lugt 1338). Provenance: Collection of Dr. Heinrich Stinnes, Cologne, Germany Auctioned by C.G. Boerner, November 10-11, 1932, Leipzig, Germany. Private collection, France. Armstrong Fine Art, catalogue, 2000. Peter Bartlett, New York, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12605046325290,"sku":"9749","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/imgresize_17f04448-0d53-418a-b55d-35669848b751.jpg?v=1525479002"},{"product_id":"lƒpervier-1re-planche-or-aigle-2","title":"The Sparrowhawk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eL'Epervier (1re planche) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eor\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAigle\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(original French titles)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in olive-green on simili-japon wove paper.\u003cbr\u003eReferences: Delteil 322 ii\/ii, Adriani 267, Wittrock 226.\u003cbr\u003eOne of about 6 to 8 impressions only in this state, of which at least three are in public collections.\u003cbr\u003eAccording to Delteil there may have been one or two impressions of the first state, before the monogram.\u003cbr\u003eOur impression is mentioned by Adriani. At the time it belonged to the famous Parisian book dealer Marcel Lecomte.\u003cbr\u003eIt is annotated with a menu, dated April 28, 1897.\u003cbr\u003eImage: 7 3\/8 x 6 1\/2 inches. Sheet: 16 3\/4 x 11 3\/4 inches.\u003cbr\u003eThe sheet was folded, likely at the end of the meal, to be easily taken home as a memento.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12838501875754,"sku":"10062","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/imgresize_3a3eada7-5cf9-4445-86a0-fffa533d7fa2.jpg?v=1525553597"},{"product_id":"christmas-ballad","title":"Christmas Ballad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC \u003c\/strong\u003e(1864-1901)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBallade de Noël \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(original French title)\u003cbr\u003eLithograph in black in on wove paper.\u003cbr\u003eReferences: Delteil 130; Adriani 146; Wittrock 125.\u003cbr\u003eFirst state, before letters.  Edition of 20 in this state.  Extremely scarce in this state.\u003cbr\u003eThis image was created as an illustration of Désiré Dihau’s \u003cem\u003eMélodies\u003c\/em\u003e, published by C. Joubert, Paris.  With letters, this edition is common.\u003cbr\u003eSigned with the artist’s red orange monogram stamp (Lugt 1338), and numbered “6” in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/blogs\/news\/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec-two-songsheet-covers\"\u003eREAD A DETAILED ARTICLE ABOUT THIS WORK HERE.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14469041193002,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec_-_Ballade_de_Noel_-_Original_print_lithograph_-_Chimney_Sweep_-_Christmas_Ballad_-_detail.jpg?v=1547850007"},{"product_id":"lullaby-or-cradle-song","title":"Lullaby or Cradle Song","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerceuse \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(original French title)\u003cbr\u003eLithograph in black on smooth wove paper, 1895.\u003cbr\u003eReferences: Delteil 141; Adriani 157; Wittrock 136.\u003cbr\u003eFirst state, before letters.  Edition of 20 in this state.  Extremely scarce in this state.\u003cbr\u003eThis image was created as an illustration of Désiré Dihau’s \u003cem\u003eMélodies\u003c\/em\u003e, published by C. Joubert, Paris.  With letters, this edition is common.\u003cbr\u003eSigned with the artist’s red orange monogram stamp (Lugt 1338), and numbered “8” in pencil.\u003cbr\u003eProvenance: Marcel Lecomte, book and print dealer and collector, Paris, with his black monogram stamp (not in Lugt).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/blogs\/news\/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec-two-songsheet-covers\"\u003eREAD A DETAILED ARTICLE ABOUT THIS WORK HERE.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14731388026922,"sku":"","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/Henri_de_Toulouse_Lautrec_-_Berceuse_-_Lullaby_-_lithograph_-_Melodies_Desire_Dihau_-_detail.jpg?v=1554135239"},{"product_id":"at-the-opera-mrs-caron-in-faust","title":"At the Opera: Mrs. Caron in Faust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA l’Opéra: Madame Caron dans Faust\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(original French title)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLithograph printed in olive-green ink on wove paper. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReferences: Delteil 49; Wittrock 39. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition of 100. Published by l’Escarmouche and reproduced in the January 7, 1894 issue of the magazine. Printed by Ancourt. Signed with the artist’s red monogram stamp \u003cbr\u003e(Lugt 1338) and numbered “36” in pencil. A very fine impression in excellent condition, with full, small margins, as issued. Like all early lithographs by Lautrec, this one has become very hard to find in good condition.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41187566944455,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/HenrideTOULOUSE-LAUTRECAttheOperaMrs.jpg?v=1633811675"},{"product_id":"la-bouillabaisse-menu-sescau","title":"La Bouillabaisse: Menu Sescau","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLithograph printed in olive-green ink on wove paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReferences: Delteil 144; Wittrock 94.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition unknown but certainly very small.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis menu was created for a dinner given by the photographer Paul Sescau, who was a friend of Lautrec. He is depicted playing the banjo, while Maurice Guibert, who was also an amateur photographer and friend is caricatured in the top right corner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA very fine impression in very good condition, aside from faint scattered oil spatter visible only faintly on the recto, unobtrusive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41187655352519,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/HenrideTOULOUSE-LAUTRECLaBouillabaisseMenuSescauLithographprintedinolive-greenink-detail.jpg?v=1633813421"},{"product_id":"the-small-errand-girl","title":"The Small Errand-Girl","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 315.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eLe Petit Trottin \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e(original French title) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 315.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eLithograph printed in olive-green ink, with pochoir coloring, on wove paper, 1893-1901. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eReference: Delteil 27, Adhémar 18, Wittrock 14. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 315.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eThird edition. The first edition of 30, printed in black only, is exceedingly scarce. There was also a song sheet edition, which is also rare. This edition was large and is rather common. It is still unusual to see it with such fresh colors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eSigned with the monogram in the stone. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 315.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45707519688940,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/HenrideTOULOUSE-LAUTREC-LePetitTrottin-TheSmallErrand-Girl-Lithographandpochoir-detail.jpg?v=1725900839"},{"product_id":"charles-maurin","title":"Charles Maurin","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eDrypoint on laid paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eReferences: Delteil 3, Wittrock 242.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eExceedingly scarce impression from 1898, before the 1911 and 1926 editions. As a matter of fact, this is the very impression reproduced by Loys Delteil in his 1920 catalog raisonné! We know this because the stain (see below) in our impression is already there, reproduced in his catalog. In this state the linework in the lower left corner and to the right of the face is still fully visible, and rich with burr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eAn unusually dark and sharp impression, with very rich burr and subtle but warm plate tone. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eSmall faint stain in the upper right plate corner; quite unobtrusive. NOTE: In our third image, a scan of the Delteil catalog, we have indicated the stain which was already in our impression in 1920. This confirms that our impression is the one Delteil reproduced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eThis shows Toulouse-Lautrec's amazing draftsmanship and the assuredness of his intuitive line. Given the scarcity of his output in intaglio, this is a particularly rare work by the Belle Epoque master.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46108411003116,"sku":"","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/HenrideTOULOUSE-LAUTREC-CharlesMaurin-Drypoint-1898-detail.jpg?v=1737009856"},{"product_id":"at-the-moulin-rouge-the-franco-russion-alliance","title":"At the Moulin-Rouge: the Franco-Russion Alliance","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eAu Moulin-Rouge: l'Union Franco-Russe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e(original French title)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eLithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eReferences: Delteil 50; Wittrock 40.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eEdition of 100. Published by \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eL’Escarmouche\u003c\/i\u003e and reproduced it in their January 7, 1894 issue of the magazine. Printed by \u003ci\u003eAncourt\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eSigned with the artist’s red monogram stamp (Lugt 1338) and numbered “24” in pencil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eA very fine impression in excellent condition, with full, small margins, as issued. Like all early lithographs by Lautrec, this one has become very hard to find in good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46219945574636,"sku":"","price":7200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/HenrideToulouse-Lautrec-UnionFranco-RusseauMoulinRouge-number24-detail.jpg?v=1740612701"},{"product_id":"lugne-poe-dans-image","title":"Lugné-Poé, dans \"Image\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLithograph printed in black ink on wove paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eReferences: Delteil 57; Wittrock 49.\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 30. Distributed by Kleinmann, Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAbout half of the edition is numbered and about half bear a red monogram stamp. Our has neither.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt is presumed that at least 15 impressions are held by museums. Considering a few impressions inevitably must have been lost, we expect no more than 10 impressions to still be held in private hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA very fine impression in excellent condition, with full margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNOTE: It is easy to forget how closely knit certain arts communities can be. Paris in the 1880s and 90s was such a place, where artists, even some who did not see eye-to-eye on artistic choices or social behaviors, were nevertheless part of the same world. The \"Théâtre de l'Oeuvre\" in Paris was a place where avant-garde artists gathered from 1893 to 1899. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec loved the plays performed there and would sketch actors he admired in action. These sketches were made into some of his most famous black-and-white lithographs. Our print is one such dramatic rendering for a play which took place on 27 February 1894, titled \"L’Image\", written by Maurice Beaubourg. For this play, and another titled \"Une Nuit d'Avril à Céos\", Edouard Vuillard created a theater program (see \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vangoghmuseum.nl\/en\/prints\/collection\/p1226V2000\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e) which was distributed to patrons who attended. While Toulouse-Lautrec and Vuillard are not known to have been particularly friendly, they were clearly both in attendance during rehearsals, so they could jot down ideas for their respective compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe dramatic confrontation between Marcel (played by Lugné-Poé) and Jeanne (played by Berthe Bady) is drawn by Lautrec to maximum effect. The confrontation centers around the idea that Marcel projects artistic ideals of beauty onto Jeanne, who wishes to remain her own person, rather than a frozen image rendered by an artist. Bady’s face is turned away from us, forcing us to imagine her ire from the fright depicted in Lugné-Poé’s facial expression and demeanor. He is so scared he seems to have recessed into the wall. His face suggests anger on a level he has never experienced before. Berthe Bady could give a stare, obviously (see our last image)! Toulouse-Lautrec’s expressive linework is here at its very best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868714356972,"sku":null,"price":7600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/HenrideTOULOUSE-LAUTREC-Lugne-Poe_dansImage-Lithograph-1893-detail.jpg?v=1759766307"},{"product_id":"au-theatre-libre-antoine-dans-l-inquietude","title":"Au Théâtre Libre: Antoine dans \"L’inquiétude\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eLithograph printed in black ink on wove paper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eReferences: Delteil 51; Wittrock 41. Edition of 100.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003ePrinted by Ancourt. Published by and reproduced in \u003ci\u003eL’Escarmouche\u003c\/i\u003e, Januar 14, 1894. \u003cbr\u003eDistributed by Edouard Kleinmann, Paris, with his blindstamp (Lugt 1573). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eThe edition is generally numbered in pencil, and about half bear a red monogram stamp. Our impressions has both.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA very fine impression in excellent condition, aside from minor creasing in the bottom left corner, with full margin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003eProvenance: Marcel Lecomte collection, Paris. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47650233155820,"sku":null,"price":4250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/HenrideTOULOUSE-LAUTREC-AuTheatreLibre-AntoinedansL_inquietude-Lithograph-1893detail.jpg?v=1779320865"}],"url":"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/collections\/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec\/publisher_theatre-libre.oembed","provider":"Armstrong Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}