Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Lithograph, 1899, one of only two known impressions of Wittrock's first state of five (Wittrock records only one), annotated 'a voir' in pencil in the lower margin, on wove paper, framed

Family of the artist
Private collects ion, France (acquired from the above circa 1930)
Richard Reed Armstrong Replica Handbags , Chicago
Acquired from the above in January 2000

The print is in good condition, recto and verso, with margins. Faint light- and t.mes -stain and an occasional small spot of pale discoloration. A 3/4 inch skillfully repaired tear in the lower sheet edge. A few minuscule pin holes in the paper, visible only when light passes through the sheet. The verso with some pale discoloration in the left half of the sheet and traces of faint surface soiling.
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A working proof, this impression of Le Jockey se rendant au poteau is heretofore unrecorded and uniquely annotated 'a voir' in the lower margin by the artist, with a pencil line extending the length of the foreground figure's trousers, as they appear in the final two states of this print. Wittrock records only one other known proof of the first state and a total of only fourteen other known impressions of the subsequent four states, ten printed in black and four printed in colors.