Portrait of Henry Somm - Original Etching by Toulouse Lautrec
Original Toulouse-Lautrec etching in sanguine ink on wove paper. From
the 1927 Floury printing of 200 copies in sanguine from Lautrec's original plates. (There were also 200
impressions in black ink from 1927, and 25 impressions from 1911 in black, for a total of 425 impressions.) The subject
is Henry Somm, a contemporary of Lautrec's.
This piece is one of several drypoint on zinc etchings Lautrec executed
in 1898, but they were not published until after his death. This impression is from the book Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,
1864-1901. Dessins - Estampes - Affiches, published in 1927 by Henry Floury. Reference: Wolfgang Wittrock,
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Prints, No. 244, Vol. 2, Pp. 562-563.
- Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Title: Portrait of Henry Somm
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Year of Execution: The plate was executed in 1898. This impression is from the 1927 Floury edition.
- Edition size: 200 in sanguine from this edition.
- Image size: 6-5/8 inches H x 4-1/4 inches W (16.8 cm
x 10.8 cm)
- Sheet size: 10-1/4
inches H x 7-1/2 inches W (26 cm x 19 cm)
- Frame size: 18-3/8
inches H x 15-3/8 inches W (46.7 cm x 39.0 cm)
Elegantly framed in a gold-leaf gallery frame. Finished with double matte in warm grey and inner
matte in complementary sand. All materials are acid free and archival quality. Set behind a UV resistant acrylic cover.
Price is $1,200 USD. Free shipping to North America on this piece. Please
contact us for shipping to Europe. Insurance included in shipping. J D Smith
Fine Art will provide a Certificate of Authenticity.
