Seated Clowness (La Clownesse assise), 1896

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series Title

Elles [Del. 179-189]

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper [bon a tirer proof]

Dimensions

overall: 51.8 x 40 cm (20 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Rosenwald, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Wittrock 1985, no. 156, State only (undesc. proof)

Accession Number

1991.30.1

Artists / Makers

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (artist) French, 1864 - 1901

Auguste Clot (printer) French, 1858 - 1936

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: T Lautrec; lower right in graphite: bon a tirer; upper right in plate: II / c.2; lower right verso in graphite: 70469 / 200 / 400

Exhibition History

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 254-255, color repro.

2000: Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 53, as La Clownesse assise (Seated Clown), from Elles.

2005: Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005, no. 259c, repro.

Bibliography

1906: Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

1985: Wittrock, Wolfgang, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Prints, 2 vols. London and New York, 1985.

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.254.

2000: Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 53.