SIZE 24x31 cm
ORIGINAL VINTAGE LITHOGRAPH
SOLD BY THE FAMOUS DEALER R.G MICHEL, PARIS AND WITH HIS HANDSTAMP ON REVERSE
R.G MICHEL WAS ACTIVE FROM THE 1920th AND IS FAMOUS FOR HIS TOULOUSE LAUTREC EXHIBITIONS IN THE 1940-50th (see the last two pictures only used here for reference of the two lithographs they issued for their 1949 and 1954 exhibitions)
THESE 1949 & 1954 POSTERS CROSSED OUT IN RED ARE NOT FOR SALE !
I ONLY SELL HERE THE ARISTIDE BRUANT LITHOGRAPH
WHICH IS IN FINE CONDITION WITH A SMALL CORNER CREASE IN THE MARGIN AND SOME TINY IMPERFECTION ONLY IN THE MARGIN FAR AWAY FROM THE LITHOGRAPH ITSELF. (These minor signs of handling are visible on the last full size pictures of the lithograph, otherwise it is perfect condition)
ONCE FRAMED THE LITHOGRAPH WILL APPEAR IN PRISTINE QUALITY
LATER IMPRESSION OF LAUTREC’S POSTER OF NIGHTCLUB ENTERTAINER ARISTIDE BRUANT, THE “DON RICKLES” OF HIS TIME
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de. Aristide Bruant dans Son Cabaret. Paris: Edw. Ancourt, circa 1930-1960 four-color lithographic image on stiff wove stock.
Hypnotic entertainer and shrewd entrepreneur Aristide Bruant was one of Toulouse-Lautrec’s first friends in Montmarte. Bruant was famous for delighting his audiences with his lewd and degrading treatment of them. He used the comedy of the insult to poke fun at his high-society guests who were out “slumming” in Montmartre. His customers were regularly greeted as “scoundrel,” “prostitute,” “sonofabitch,” and “pig.” They were forewarned— a sign at the door read: “For people who like to be told off.” When Lautrec would make an entrance, Bruant would quiet the house and proclaim, “Here comes the great painter Toulouse-Lautrec with one of his friends… a punk I don’t know.” In 1892, Bruant commissioned Lautrec to produce a poster advertising the entertainer’s appearances at the club Les Ambassadeurs. During the next two years Lautrec immortalized Bruant in four posters, capturing the roguish expression and flamboyant costume of his bawdy friend. This is Lautrec’s third poster design for Bruant, with the upper left corner blank so it could be reused for different engagements. Originally issued in 1893 in four states, it advertised performances at the Théâtre Royal, the Alcazar Lyrique, and the entertainer’s return to Montmartre. Lautrec seems to have caught Bruant’s brutal quality and the disdain with which he treated his audiences, by having him show us the broad of his back, with the red scarf forming an exclamation point. Reprinted by Edward Ancourt in various sizes, this version is a reduced one of the original poster.
Fine condition, with only a few signs of handling.
G.M stock
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