Lithograph on grand velin Filigrane a sa marque paper. Paper size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 8.27 x 6.69 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les Affiches De Toulouse-Lautrec, 1950. Published by Editions du livre, Monte-Carlo, under the direction of Andre Sauret, Monte-Carlo; printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, May 19, 1950. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), This album, directed by Andre Sauret, on grand velin Filigrane a sa marque, was drawn on the presses of the ateliers Mourlot Freres, lithographs in paris. Printing typography, L'imprimerie union. Printing was finished the Nineteenth of May, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty. TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of the sometimes decadent affairs of those times. Born into the aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both his legs around the time of his adolescence and, due to the rare condition pycnodysostosis, was very short as an adult due to his undersized legs. In addition to his alcoholism, he developed an affinity for brothels and prostitutes that directed the subject matter for many of his works recording many details of the late-19th-century bohemian lifestyle in Paris. Toulouse-Lautrec is among the painters described as being Post-Impressionists, with Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Georges Seurat also commonly considered as belonging in this loose group. He influenced generations of artists including Picasso who had traveled to Paris where he at first imitated Toulouse-Lautrec's style.

Excellent condition