A Monkey Playing on His Back, 1880

Inscription

by the artist, lower left in graphite: 1880; by the artist, right center in graphite: T-L; by the artist, center verso in graphite: T-L

Provenance

Gustav Pellet, Paris (1859 - 1919); his son-in-law, Maurice Exsteens, Paris; (Justin K. Thannhauser, Paris); (his sale, Parke Bernet, New York, 12 April 1945, no. 40). Curtis O. Baer [1898-1976], Atlanta; by descent; (Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Exhibition History

1943

Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibition, Weyhe Gallery, New York, 1943.

1958

Drawings from the Collection of Curtis O. Baer. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1958, no. 50 (cat. by Agnes Mongan).

1985

Master Drawings from Titian to Picasso: The Curtis O. Baer Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta; NGA, Washington, D.C.; and tour, 1985 - 1987, no. 86 (cat. by Eric M. Zafran).

2000

Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 94b.

2000

Prints Abound, Paris in the 1890s, NGA, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001 (not in catalogue).

2004

Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2012

Vernet to Villon: Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK, 2012, no. 21.

Bibliography

1927

Joyant, Maurice. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901, vol. II, Dessins-Estampes-Affiches. Paris, 1927: 180.

1971

Dortu, M.G. Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre. 6 vols. New York: Collectors Editions, 1971.

2000

Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 94b.

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