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Lot 580: French Exhibition Poster

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Lot 580: French Exhibition Poster
<b>HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)</b> <p> <b>580. Elles.</b> 1896.
18 3/4 x 24 3/8 in./77.5 x 62 cm
Cond B+/Slight tears and stains at bottom paper edge. Framed.
Ref: Wittrock, 155, 3rd state; Delteil, 179; Adriani, 177-IV; DFP-II, 842; PAI-XXXI, 682
This image of a woman taking her hair down advertises the portfolio of ten lithographs of Lautrec’s scenes of Paris brothels as well as their exhibition at the gallery of La Plume magazine. The ladies’ occupation could not be openly named any more than it could be depicted. They are simply called “Elles” (Those Women), and their business is indicated merely by a gentleman’s hat on the bed. Adriani calls Lautrec’s Elles series “one of the high-points of nineteenth-century art” (p. 222).
<b>Est: $17,000-$20,000.</b>
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