Lot 83
  • 83

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • Course de chevaux - rectoBabylone d'Allemagne (Première étude pour l'affiche - Delteil no. 351) - verso
  • stamped with the artist's monogram (lower left) - recto
  • watercolour on paper - recto
    pencil on paper - verso
  • 6 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.

Provenance

G. Tapié de Céleyran
Private collection, France

Literature

Madeleine Grillaert Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son œuvre, vol. III, New York, 1971, no. A213, illustrated p. 505 - recto
Madeleine Grillaert Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son œuvre, vol. V, New York, 1971, no. D3.663, illustrated p. 611 - verso

Condition

The work has not been examined fully unframed. Executed on cream wove paper, sandwiched between the overmounts. The work does not appear to be laid down. There is a pinhole towards the lower left corner. The sheet is light stained. There are a few faint flecks of foxing in places. There is some minor paper skinning to the upper part of the right edge. This work is in good condition.
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