La Lépreuse, 1896

Not on View

Medium

lithograph in red-brown on light brown wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 48.7 x 30.7 cm (19 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Martin and Liane W. Atlas

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 196, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1996.87.2

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left in stone: T-L / 96; lower right printed: COMÉDIE-PARISIENNE / Au Bénéfice de Madame Louise FRANCE / PREMIER PRESÉNTATION / DE / LA LÉPREUSE / Tragédie Léendaire en 3 Actes / DE M. HENRY BATAILLE...

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Atlas, Martin, Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

2005: "Le théâtre de l'Oeuvre, 1893-1900: Naissance du théâtre moderne", Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2005, no. 111.

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.

1998: Boyer, Patricia. Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 95.