Les Vieilles Histoires (cover/frontispiece)

1893

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

This is a painting of a bear being led by a chain held by a person in a top hat and coat. The background features a stylized landscape with a prominent bridge and a distant cityscape. The dominant colors are subtle pastels with emphasis on earthy tones for the bear and deeper colors for the figure's attire. The text "Les Vieilles Histoires" along with additional text about "Poesies de Jean Goudezki" is present on the artwork. This painting is in the style of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, known for distinctive outlines and flat planes of color in his posters and illustrations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 44.3 x 63.5 cm (17 7/16 x 25 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.322

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 5, State ii/ii (2nd ed. 1893)

  • Series Title

    Vieilles histoires [Del. 18-23]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1954

  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Lowe Gallery at the Univerity of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; Telfair Academy, Savannah, GA, 1954.

1961

  • Toulouse-Lautrec Lithographs, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ, 1961.

1965

  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, 1965.

1994

  • Toulouse-Lautrec: Marcelle Lender in "Chilpéric", National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995.

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.

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; verso: none

Markings

recto: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's monogram stamped in red; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65356486

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