Toulouse Lautrec, Divan Japonais 1893 Original On Linen (Auction Sale In 2020 For $33,000)

Lautrec, Divan Japonais 1893
Linen backed for archival preservation
Similar poster is in the March 2024 Poster Auctions International sale
Dimensions:
Size of the sheet: 81 x 61 cm / 31.8 x 24 in.

Printed by Imprimerie Edward Ancourt, Paris.
Edited by Editions Fournier Directeur.

Divan Japonais. 1893.
Pictured at the Divan Japonais café concert, Jane Avril “appears to be almost smiling, as if the whole thing were an inside joke. Jane is accompanied—or, more likely, being accosted—by noted critic Edouard Dujardin, no doubt with amorous intentions, but Avril's faintly bemused expression indicates that she is used to this, and will be able to handle him without any trouble. Note that the performer—although it is a great celebrity, the famous Yvette Guilbert—is not the focus of the poster, and Toulouse-Lautrec makes sure of it not only by placing her somewhat indistinctly in the poorly-lit background, but even by going to the length of deliberately cutting her head off... Toulouse-Lautrec has made good use of spatter, a technique which adds another dimension to poster art: here, for example, it effectively separates the solid black of Jane’s dress from the less important dark mass of the bar and the orchestra”

$25,000 - $30,000

Consistent with age and use.

Fine Art, Works on Paper

18%

Nick Pastushan | (203) 939-8160 | npastushan@warbirdcap.com

Pickup Details

AUCTION MANAGER: Nick Pastushan ~ (203) 939-8160 (TEXT preferred)

New Canaan, CT 06840

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Saturday, 2/17, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

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