Color lithograph (red-brown drawing on olive-green tint); board dimensions: 455 x 585 mm; signed with monogram on stone p. d.; paper with Ven Gelder Zone filigree.
State of preservation: small tear on left and right side, creases of paper.
Lit: Götz Adriani, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri. Das gesamte graphische Werk. Published by DuMont Verlag, Köln. 1986, item 181, pp. 242-243.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman and illustrator. Today he is one of the most important and recognizable figures - members of the artistic community of Paris at the turn of the century. An artist, he was physically unable to participate in many activities of daily life. Instead, he became an acclaimed painter, a poster artist of Post-Impressionism, a creator of lithographs and illustrations, on which he immortalized the life of bohemian nineteenth-century Paris. Mocked for his short stature and appearance, he began abusing alcohol. He was a frequent visitor to brothels, and the lifestyle of prostitutes and the 'urban underclass' greatly fascinated him. He immortalized it in numerous paintings and drawings. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was also a great cook. He compiled a collection of his favorite recipes, which were posthumously published in a book. He died at the age of 36 due to complications from alcoholism and syphilis. He was buried in the Cimetière de Verdelais
