Why Not?...Once Is Not a Habit (Pourquoi pas?...Une fois n'est pas coutume)

1893

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Associated Names
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Artist, French, 1864 - 1901

This is an illustration of three individual busts in profile. The first individual, on the left, is a man wearing a top hat, displaying a prominent beard and mustache. The middle figure is facing the man and has short or upswept hair. The figure on the right appears to be female with a bun or updo hairstyle adorned with a feather and is wearing a high-collared garment. The background of the illustration has a light, sketchy texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on velin paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.339

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wittrock 1985, no. 30, State only

Artwork history & notes

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65356551

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