Vintage Toulouse Lautrec Lithograph-Printed by Mourlot, Paris-1951

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Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Title: "La Vache Enragee"

Medium: lithograph (not offset)

Size: 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (total … Read more Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Title: "La Vache Enragee"

Medium: lithograph (not offset)

Size: 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (total sheet size including margins)

This multi-stone lithograph (after the original lithograph poster) was beautifully printed in Paris by Mourlot in 1951.

Signed in the plate; not hand-signed or numbered.

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (France 1864-1901) became one of France's most prominent Post-Impressionist painters and capturing the nightlife of part of the city, was described as "the soul of Montmartre." After his death his fabulous lithographs elevated posters to the status of fine art.

From 1891 to 1900, Toulouse-Lautrec published 31 posters of the people of Montmartre, the Bohemian district of Paris where he lived with other famous artists of the time, such as Van Gogh. It was the “Street Art” of the 19th century and features a diverse selection of places and people, from the Moulin Rouge and Aristide Bruant, to cyclist Jimmy Michael, and even Napoleon. His inspiration was in the inhabitants and locations in Montmartre, inhabited by the demi-monde of showgirls, ladies of pleasure, artists, philosophers and poets, a very different environment from his aristocratic upbringing.

The posters were from bold sketches in situ by Lautrec, with preliminary studies then made in oils, to a final design on thick Manila paper for transfer to the lithographer’s stone. Printing was in strong colors, usually four in number.

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