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HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Frontispice pour Elles
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Lithograph printed in grayish black on cream laid Japan paper, the full sheet with the
lithograph printed on the right side, and the sheet folded to conform with the portfolio, as
issued, 1896 (the folds flattened). 670x1087 mm; 26
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x43 inches (sheet); 525x405 mm;
20
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x16 inches (image), full margins. First state (of 4).The deluxe edition of 100. Signed in
pencil and inscribed “Série No. 47” in sepia ink, lower right (the signature faded). Published
by Gustave Pellet, Paris, with his initials in sepia ink and his ink stamp (Lugt 1190, lower
right recto). A very good, early impression, before the published edition of approximately
1000 in the final state. Delteil 179;Adhémar 200;Adriani 171.
[5,000/8,000]