Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa or simply Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (November 24, 1864 — September 9, 1901) was a French painter, printmaker,  More »

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa or simply Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (November 24, 1864 — September 9, 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the colorful and theatrical life of fin de siècle Paris yielded an oeuvre of exciting, elegant and provocative images of the modern and sometimes decadent life of those times. Toulouse-Lautrec is known along with Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period. In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house a new record was set when "La blanchisseuse", an early painting of a young laundress, sold for $22.4 million U.S. Throughout his career, which spanned less than 20 years, Toulouse-Lautrec created 737 canvases, 275 watercolors, 363 prints and posters, 5,084 drawings, some ceramic and stained glass work, and an unknown number of lost works. Toulouse-Lautrec is known along with Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Gaugin as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period. His debt to the Impressionists, in particular the more figurative painters Manet and Degas, is apparent. In the works of Toulouse-Lautrec can be seen many parallels to Manet’s bored barmaid at A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and the behind-the-scenes ballet dancers of Degas. He excelled at capturing people in their working environment, with the colour and the movement of the gaudy night-life present, but the glamour stripped away. He was masterly at capturing crowd scenes in which the figures are highly individualized. At the time that they were painted, the individual figures in his larger paintings could be identified by silhouette alone, and the names of many of these characters have been recorded. His treatment of his subject matter, whether as portraits, scenes of Parisian night-life, or intimate studies, has been described as both sympathetic and dispassionate. Toulous-Lautrec’s skilled depiction of people relied on his painterly style which is highly linear and gives great emphasis to contour. He often applied the paint in long thin brushstrokes which often leave much of the board on which they are painted showing through. Many of his works may best be described as drawings in colored paint. After Toulouse-Lautrec’s death, his mother, the Comtesse Adèle Toulouse-Lautrec, and Maurice Joyant, his art dealer, promoted his art. His mother contributed funds for a museum to be built in Albi, his birthplace, to house his works. As of 2005, his paintings had sold for as much as US$14.5 million. Lithographed AFTER the larger posters of by the renowned French artist, Toulouse Lautrec. In an edition of 999, Printed on special watermarked Arches paper and issued by the Albi Museum (Largest Collection of Latrec Works). Special edition supervised and published by the Estate of the artist and the Lautrec Museum, Albi, France in a limited Edition on Arches paper. The Image-sheet measure 19.50 by 14.25 inches and in good condition, This and others are all from the same portfolio and the Colophon can be down loaded for your purchase from this listing . NUMBERED only in the colophon .... # 839 out a edition of 999!   « Less

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa or simply Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (November 24, 1864 — September 9, 1901) was a French painter, printmaker,  More »

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa or simply Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (November 24, 1864 — September 9, 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the colorful and theatrical life of fin de siècle Paris yielded an oeuvre of exciting, elegant and provocative images of the modern and sometimes decadent life of those times. Toulouse-Lautrec is known along with Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period. In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house a new record was set when "La blanchisseuse", an early painting of a young laundress, sold for $22.4 million U.S. Throughout his career, which spanned less than 20 years, Toulouse-Lautrec created 737 canvases, 275 watercolors, 363 prints and posters, 5,084 drawings, some ceramic and stained glass work, and an unknown number of lost works. Toulouse-Lautrec is known along with Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Gaugin as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period. His debt to the Impressionists, in particular the more figurative painters Manet and Degas, is apparent. In the works of Toulouse-Lautrec can be seen many parallels to Manet’s bored barmaid at A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and the behind-the-scenes ballet dancers of Degas. He excelled at capturing people in their working environment, with the colour and the movement of the gaudy night-life present, but the glamour stripped away. He was masterly at capturing crowd scenes in which the figures are highly individualized. At the time that they were painted, the individual figures in his larger paintings could be identified by silhouette alone, and the names of many of these characters have been recorded. His treatment of his subject matter, whether as portraits, scenes of Parisian night-life, or intimate studies, has been described as both sympathetic and dispassionate. Toulous-Lautrec’s skilled depiction of people relied on his painterly style which is highly linear and gives great emphasis to contour. He often applied the paint in long thin brushstrokes which often leave much of the board on which they are painted showing through. Many of his works may best be described as drawings in colored paint. After Toulouse-Lautrec’s death, his mother, the Comtesse Adèle Toulouse-Lautrec, and Maurice Joyant, his art dealer, promoted his art. His mother contributed funds for a museum to be built in Albi, his birthplace, to house his works. As of 2005, his paintings had sold for as much as US$14.5 million. Lithographed AFTER the larger posters of by the renowned French artist, Toulouse Lautrec. In an edition of 999. Printed on special watermarked Arches paper and issued by the Albi Museum (Largest Collection of Latrec Works). Special edition supervised and published by the Estate of the artist and the Lautrec Museum, Albi, France in a limited Edition on Arches paper. The Image-sheet measure 19.50 by 14.25 inches and in good condition, This and others are all from the same portfolio and the Colophon can be down loaded for your purchase from this listing . NUMBERED only in the colophon .... # 839 out a edition of 999!   « Less

Toulouse-Lautrec “Dans les Coulisses des Folies-Bergere” Limited Edition Lithograph Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa or simply Henri de  More »

Toulouse-Lautrec “Dans les Coulisses des Folies-Bergere” Limited Edition Lithograph Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa or simply Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (November 24, 1864 — September 9, 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the colorful and theatrical life of fin de siècle Paris yielded an oeuvre of exciting, elegant and provocative images of the modern and sometimes decadent life of those times. Toulouse-Lautrec is known along with Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period. In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house a new record was set when "La blanchisseuse", an early painting of a young laundress, sold for $22.4 million U.S. Throughout his career, which spanned less than 20 years, Toulouse-Lautrec created 737 canvases, 275 watercolors, 363 prints and posters, 5,084 drawings, some ceramic and stained glass work, and an unknown number of lost works. Toulouse-Lautrec is known along with Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Gaugin as one of the greatest painters of the Post-Impressionist period. His debt to the Impressionists, in particular the more figurative painters Manet and Degas, is apparent. In the works of Toulouse-Lautrec can be seen many parallels to Manet’s bored barmaid at A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and the behind-the-scenes ballet dancers of Degas. He excelled at capturing people in their working environment, with the colour and the movement of the gaudy night-life present, but the glamour stripped away. He was masterly at capturing crowd scenes in which the figures are highly individualized. At the time that they were painted, the individual figures in his larger paintings could be identified by silhouette alone, and the names of many of these characters have been recorded. His treatment of his subject matter, whether as portraits, scenes of Parisian night-life, or intimate studies, has been described as both sympathetic and dispassionate. Toulous-Lautrec’s skilled depiction of people relied on his painterly style which is highly linear and gives great emphasis to contour. He often applied the paint in long thin brushstrokes which often leave much of the board on which they are painted showing through. Many of his works may best be described as drawings in colored paint. After Toulouse-Lautrec’s death, his mother, the Comtesse Adèle Toulouse-Lautrec, and Maurice Joyant, his art dealer, promoted his art. His mother contributed funds for a museum to be built in Albi, his birthplace, to house his works. As of 2005, his paintings had sold for as much as US$14.5 million. Lithographed AFTER the larger posters of by the renowned French artist, Toulouse Lautrec. In an edition of 999. Printed on special watermarked Arches paper and issued by the Albi Museum (Largest Collection of Latrec Works) in 1948. Special edition supervised and published by the Estate of the artist and the Lautrec Museum, Albi, France in a limited Edition on Arches paper. The Image-sheet measure 19.50 by 14.25 inches and in good condition, This and others are all from the same portfolio and the Colophon can be down loaded for your purchase from this listing . NUMBERED only in the colophon .... # 839 out a edition of 999!   « Less

This poster came out of an estate sale along with other vintage posters. There is some bleed thru on the back but all original. No tears.

This poster came out of an estate sale along with other vintage posters. There is some bleed thru on the back but all original. No tears.   « Less

Draft of a poster for Culture League exhibition in Moscow March-April 1922 (with participation of N. Altman, M. Chagall and D. Shterenberg; Culture League was a famous  More »

Draft of a poster for Culture League exhibition in Moscow March-April 1922 (with participation of N. Altman, M. Chagall and D. Shterenberg; Culture League was a famous cultural and political association of Jewish artists of the 1920-s – 30-s in Russia and Ukraine). Indian ink on paper, signed with initials and dated (19)22 low left; inscribed with a critical comment addressing revolutionary events in Russia on the left margin. On the reverse: a cubistic scene of two nude figures with a title in Aramaic(?). 4x8 inches. Bibliography: Nathan Altman. Text by Mark Etkind. VEB Verlag der Kunst Dresden, 1984 (a final version of the poster is illustrated on page 178; a similar cubistic drawing is illustrated on page 78) Provenance: estate of Alexander Leonidovich Pasternak (brother of the poet Boris Pasternak) – was put into the book that Nathan Altman presented to Alexander Pasternak in 1966 More Russian antiques at www.Russianartsalon.com   « Less

6,5 x 9,25 First, a definition of terms: a maquette is the original design from which a poster is made. It is a one-of-a-kind piece by definition - it is the original  More »

6,5 x 9,25 First, a definition of terms: a maquette is the original design from which a poster is made. It is a one-of-a-kind piece by definition - it is the original artwork for a poster. So, while a poster is wonderful (and I sell many) a maquette, to me, is even better because it is the idea and design behind the poster.Cinzano : According to Wikipedia - Cinzano vermouths date back to 1757 and the Turin herbal shop of two brothers, Giovanni Giacomo and Carlo Stefano Cinzano, who created a new "vermouth rosso" (red vermouth) using "aromatic plants from the Italian Alps in a [still-secret] recipe combining 35 ingredients (including marjoram, thyme and [a species of Achillea called] musk yarrow)". What became known as the "vermouth of Turin" proved popular with the bourgeoisie of Turin and, later, Casanova.This small maquette for Cinzano appears to have been produced in the 1930s for the Turin based company (you can kind of decipher Turino as the last word on the bottom of the bottle.) I am a fanatic for old paper - I love design and I like to see how things are produced from the inception of an idea ... I suppose that is why maquettes appeal to me so much and why, when I found them, I bought so many vintage maquettes in Milan this summer.This maquette measures roughly 6.5 x 9.25 inches - it seems to have been executed in watercolor on arches paper. It has been archived since it was produced and show no aging, no foxing, no tearing and no wear.It is perfect! #1010   « Less

27 x 41 The first known CPR poster was printed in 1883. Since then, thousands of brochures, posters, menus, advertisements and other items have been created to promote  More »

27 x 41 The first known CPR poster was printed in 1883. Since then, thousands of brochures, posters, menus, advertisements and other items have been created to promote travel, immigration and settlement, war efforts, freight traffic and other services provided by the company. In early years, CPR sponsored artists - both well-known and emerging talent - by providing railway passes to take them to scenic locations along the line, and CPR had the option to purchase works produced from these trips. In later years, CPR commissioned artists and even employed full-time graphic artists in the company's studio in Montreal. This photo montage poster advertises the international nature of CP cruises to exotic locales. The limited color palette is used to its best advantage and creates an interesting use of perspective. #1014   « Less

After Paul Colin 7,5 x 14 (Framed = 14,5 x 21,5) This wonderful Art Deco advertisement for Cointreau is shaped like a fan and professionally framed. Fan-shaped ads were a  More »

After Paul Colin 7,5 x 14 (Framed = 14,5 x 21,5) This wonderful Art Deco advertisement for Cointreau is shaped like a fan and professionally framed. Fan-shaped ads were a popular marketing tool during the 1920s, we are selling another by Paul Colin for Weekend Cigarettes. #1023   « Less

23 x 30,5 We love this poster from the early 1900Õs Ð it has so much going for it: a well executed drawing of a man clearly suffering from the rigors of the season,  More »

23 x 30,5 We love this poster from the early 1900Õs Ð it has so much going for it: a well executed drawing of a man clearly suffering from the rigors of the season, a dark palette which only serves to underscore the malaise, and graphic type. Very clearly a product of the early 1900s, and very nicely done, at that! Unsigned, printed by Lith. Fran, Paris. #1028   « Less

24 x 34 Yes, yes - anything with a horse inevitably catches my eye. It is true. Add in Art Deco (1925c) and a costume and I'm hooked. But tell me that this poster isn't -  More »

24 x 34 Yes, yes - anything with a horse inevitably catches my eye. It is true. Add in Art Deco (1925c) and a costume and I'm hooked. But tell me that this poster isn't - creatively speaking - to die for? Try as I might I still can't make out what it is for (the typography, while beauteous is absolutely illegible - at least to me), but I love it. I can read Vin in the top left so I am guessing (in a kind of educated way I suppose) that this is a menu sheet or an 'appearing now' kind of sheet where the bottom was filled in depending on the week or the menu... what i particularly like about this piece is that with very few colors the anonymous artist manages to capture the essence of the horse (which really isnt that easy), as well as they joy of the girl whose skirt is accidentally (??) being blown up while she is raising her glass... there is a lot going on in this delightful piece and I love it. #1030   « Less