The Trap, 1880

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 15.9 x 21.9 cm (6 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)

framed: 25.6 x 31.4 x 3.5 cm (10 1/16 x 12 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1994.59.13

Artists / Makers

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (painter) French, 1864 - 1901

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: HTL (in monogram) Monfa

Provenance

R. Ellissen, Paris, probably until at least 1947.[1] Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1994 to NGA.

[1]Published as Ellissen in 1926; lent by "Elisseu" to 1947 exhibition in Paris according to label on the back of the painting. This could be Robert Ellissen [c. 1872-1957], one of the collectors of La Peau d'Ours.

Associated Names

Ellissen, R.
Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1931: Toulouse-Lautrec, trentenaire, Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1931, no. 6, as Charrette Anglaise.

1947: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1947, no. 2, as Ponywagon.

1947: Toulouse-Lautrec, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, 1947, no. 167, as Charette anglaise.

1947: Toulouse-Lautrec, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1947, no. 2, as Cabriolet.

2017: Il mondo fuggevole di Toulouse-Lautrec [The Fleeting World of Toulouse-Lautrec], Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2017-2018.

Bibliography

1926: Joyant, Maurice. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901. Paris, 1926: 252, as Charette anglaise.

1971: Dortu, M.G. Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre. 6 vols. New York, 1971:II:P34, repro.