Lot 2
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • Le Violiniste Dancla
  • Stamped with the artist's monogram (Lugt 1338, lower right); inscribed tete d'homme (esquire (dessin) (lower right, verso)
  • Pencil on paper
  • 8 1/8 by 10 1/2 in.
  • 20.6 by 26.7 cm
  • Executed circa 1900.

Provenance

The Redfern Gallery, London
Denys Miller Sutton, London (acquired from the above in June 1945)
By descent in the family to the present owner

Exhibited

London, The Matthiesen Gallery, Exposition Toulouse-Lautrec, 1951, no. 66

Literature

M.G. Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre, vol. IV, New York, 1971, no. D4.694, illustrated p. 915

Condition

Pencil on lined graph paper. The sheet has been taped down on all sides to the mat. The sheet appears to be in generally good condition aside from a minor weakness in the paper and associated tear below the right shoulder of the figure. There are small, pinpoint sized discolorations, probably foxing, scattered throughout the sheet.
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