Lot 6
  • 6

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • Cavalier en haut de forme and Trois tĂȘtes d'homme: A double-sided drawing
  • Pencil on paper
  • 5 1/2 by 8 7/8 in.
  • 14 by 22.5 cm
  • Executed circa 1879-91.

Provenance

The Reid Gallery, London
Acquired from the above

Literature

M.G. Dortu, Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre de Toulouse-Lautrec, vol. IV, New York, 1971, nos. D.I.263 & D.I.264, illustrated p. 211

Condition

Pencil on paper. Surface in generally good condition, aside from some mat and light stain. Handling creases visible. A few minor scattered spots of foxing. Verso: Paper affixed to mat along extreme upper edge by tape. Surface in generally good condition, aside from some mat and light staining. Some minor losses visible at extreme left edge. Pinhole, possibly the artist's, visible at extreme right edge. Some handling creases visible, paper is slightly warped.
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