Les Vieilles Histoires (cover/frontispiece)
1893
Artist, French, 1864 - 1901
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph touched with watercolor on wove paper (proof)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 35.4 × 53.8 cm (13 15/16 × 21 3/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1950.16.242
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Catalogue Raisonné
Wittrock 1985, no. 5, State ii/ii (proof)
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Series Title
Vieilles histoires [Del. 18-23]
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Henri M. Petiet, Paris); purchased 1950 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; gift to NGA, 1950.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1952
Lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1952, no cat.
1959
Prints by Toulouse-Lautrec, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1959-60, no cat.
1961
Phoenix Art Museum, 1961.
1963
Modern Prints and Illustrated Books from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963, no cat.
1965
Toulouse-Lautrec: Lithographs and Posters, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1965, no cat.
Toulouse-Lautrec, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, 1965.
1969
Lithographs by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969, no cat.
1970
Toulouse-Lautrec Lithographs, Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center, Pine Bluff, AR, 1970.
1994
Toulouse-Lautrec: Marcelle Lender in "Chilpéric", National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1994-1995.
2000
Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000-2001, no. 119 (as Cover for Les Vieilles Histoires).
Bibliography
1906
Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.
1985
Wittrock, Wolfgang, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Prints, 2 vols. London and New York, 1985.
2000
Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 119.
Inscriptions
recto: in stone, at upper left: Les Vieilles Histoires / Poésies / de Jean Goudezki / mises en musique / par Désiré Dihau; in stone, at lower left: HTL / Tous droits d'exécution, traduction / et reproduction réservés; in stone, at lower right: G. Ondet / éditeur / 83. Fg. St. Denis / à Paris / Prix: 12.f / SÉRIE; at lower left in graphite: 25; at lower right in graphite: bleu tres claire / (trail dans le genre de la robe / a la femme de [indecipherable]); verso: at upper right in graphite: 61 x 46
Markings
none
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q65356356