Lot 423
  • 423

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • Tête de fille
  • oil on canvas
  • 28.5 by 23.8cm., 11¼ by 9½in. (oval)

Provenance

M. Farra, Paris
Henry Lapauze, Paris
Charles Pomaret, Paris
Marcellin (sale: Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 31st May 1956, lot 28)
Galerie André Weil, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner on the 18th October 1958

Exhibited

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Toulouse-Lautrec, Trentenaire, 1931, no. 85
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cinquantenaire, 1951, no. 125

Literature

Gustave Coquiot, Lautrec, Paris, 1913, illustrated p. 90
Gustave Coquiot, L'Art et les artistes, Paris, 1914, no. 110, illustrated p. 130
Maurice Joyant, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1926, illustrated p. 161
Maurice Joyant, L'Art et les artistes: Toulouse-Lautrec, 1927, illustrated p. 152
Jacques Lassaigne, Le Goût de notre temps: Lautrec, Paris, 1952, p. 71
Henry Perruchot, La Vie de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1958, p. 192
M.G. Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son œuvre, New York, 1971, vol. II, no. P.456, illustrated p. 275
Giorgio Caproni & Gabriele Mandel Sugana, L'Opera completa di Toulouse-Lautrec, Milan, 1977, no. 311, illustrated

Condition

The canvas is lined and UV examination reveals lines and areas of retouching to the lady's bust and right cheek. There are fine lines of craquelure predominantly to the white pigments. This work is in fairly good overall condition.
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