42. Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
The Crocodile, Menu. 1896
Lithograph on vellum used to illustrate a menu.
Very rare proof of the first state from an edition
number of copies with the text of the dinner menu
December 23, 1896 printed at the bottom (incomplete).
Toulouse-Lautrec's monogram printed on the lower
of the figure of the artist drawing.
The figures depicted are : Tapié de Céleyran,
Maurice Guibert kidnapping Guibert's mistress,
Joyant and Toulouse - Lautrec on his folder.
Leaf cut to size: 37 x 26.3cm.
Subject: 32.3 x 22.6 cm. Framed. (Wittrock 175 I/II,
Delteil 200)
(The print is yellowed, pasted, with trace of passepartout, slight break at the bottom, tiny
removals, cuts, on surface).
Result
€2,300
Buyer's premium
30%
42. Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
The Crocodile, Menu. 1896
Lithograph on vellum used to illustrate a menu.
Very rare proof of the first state from an edition
number of copies with the text of the dinner menu
December 23, 1896 printed at the bottom (incomplete).
Toulouse-Lautrec's monogram printed on the lower
of the figure of the artist drawing.
The figures depicted are : Tapié de Céleyran,
Maurice Guibert kidnapping Guibert's mistress,
Joyant and Toulouse - Lautrec on his folder.
Leaf cut to size: 37 x 26.3cm.
Subject: 32.3 x 22.6 cm. Framed. (Wittrock 175 I/II,
Delteil 200)
(The print is yellowed, pasted, with trace of passepartout, slight break at the bottom, tiny
removals, cuts, on surface).