Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, Aristide Bruant Dans Son Cabaret (1893), Signed Lithograph

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Color lithograph on cream wove paper mounted on board. A lovely print from the early 1890s … Read more Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Color lithograph on cream wove paper mounted on board. A lovely print from the early 1890s signed in the plate and by hand by the artist. This is a rare find with the signature of an important artist that is in the collections of many of the world's museums. Toulouse-Lautrec only painted for about a decade at the end of the 19th century so his output was not prolific, and therefore finds like this are rare. Signed Toulouse-Latrec prints before 1900 sell at auction for $20,000-$50,000.

Dimensions: 9.75" wide x 13.5" high (inches)

Provenance: From the Estate of Charles Lawrence Boynton (Feb 1864-Sept 1943), eminent American biologist and zoologist. 1896-1905 he served as director of George Vanderbilt Herbarium and traveled extensively in Asia and Europe. Boynton died on his farm in Lodi, California, in 1943. My father acquired it from his estate.

Aristide Bruant was a successful singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur who ran a cabaret in the Montmartre quarter of Paris. When he began performing at up-scale café-concerts on the Champs-Élysées, he immediately commissioned Toulouse-Lautrec to market his rough street persona in a manner that would appeal to a bourgeois audience. Seizing on Bruant's trademark costume of a wide-brimmed hat, cape, and red scarf, Lautrec designed a sparse yet iconic image that promoted both the performer's career and his own.

About the Artist: Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (1864 – 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colorful 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. Lautrec eventually established himself as the premier poster artist of Paris and was often commissioned to advertise famous performers in his prints. See less