2298952

Original Toulouse Lautrec, Drypoint Etching #2298952

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Original Toulouse Lautrec, Drypoint Etching #2298952
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<p>Original Toulouse Lautrec, framed Drypoint Etching, Signed monogramed in the plate. </p>
<p>Titled: Portrait de Monsieur X. 1898, Published 1927 in Paris.Watermarked.</p>
<p> Framed size is approximately 19" x 17", solid wood framed, linen matting, wood fillet,foam core backing, under glass, (professionally framed). </p>
<p>A man of the day in Paris who went to an exhibition of Lautrec's wrote in his diary: "An exhibition of lithographs by Lautrec, a dwarf of a man- his drawings seem to reflect his own caricature- like deformity." The gentleman was not the only one to find a connection between the man and his works. The odd, deformed and limping man was evident in the works, which is something rare. Lautrec's looks had an influence on his work and in the strangest fashion the artist's body seemed to bear town on his personality in a direct and better way, as if he lacked a soul to see his face. Lautrec received many tributes in his own lifetime from the moment he began exhibiting his lithos and posters (today he is remembered for the posters that are our window to the era of Belle Époque). Posters were daring: in line and in color and technique. He developed an unusual spatter technique that became a signature look (always carried a toothbrush in his pocket). "Lautrec was admired for his bold and frank philosophy of vice." He was unusual and easily bored: would develop a particular liking for a person, women or animal, even a gesture- these fleeting infatuations would take ...
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<tr><td>Title:Original Toulouse Lautrec, Drypoint Etching</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Chicago, IL</td></tr>
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