Lot 4
  • 4

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • La Niçoise
  • Stamped with the artist's monogram (Lugt 1338, lower left); initialed TL (lower right)
  • Watercolor and pencil on paper
  • 5 1/2 by 4 in.; 14 by 10.5 cm
  • Executed in 1881.

Provenance

Galerie Stiebel, Paris
Hammer Galleries, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 24, 1998, lot 6)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Nice, Palais de la Méditerrannée, Toulouse Lautrec, Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, 1957, no. 27, titled Pêcheur niçois

Literature

M. G. Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre, vol. III, New York, 1971, no. A 168, illustrated p. 491

Condition

Watercolor and pencil on paper. Paper is hinged to the mount with tape at top. Surface in generally good condition, aside from slight surface dirt and slight darkening due to light.
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