L'Hareng Saur (The Smoked Herring)
Lithograph
Toulouse-Lautrec lithograph, with lettering, in black ink on wove paper. A
reprint, likely from the late 20th century. Signed in the plate by the artist using the artist's monogram upper left
of image.
This piece is
the cover art for a song sheet that Lautrec created in 1895 or 1896. The song title is L'Hareng Saur,
or The Smoked Herring. It was the 6th of 16 images Lautrec created for a series of sheet music by Desire Dihau; the series
was titled Melodies de Desire Dihau. Dihau was a well known Parisian basoon player and friend of Lautrec.
- L'Hareng
Saur, the 6th song sheet cover for a series of songs by Desire Dihau.
- Year of Original Publication: 1895/6. This impression is likely from the late 20th century;
exact year unknown.
- Image size 12-3/4 inches
H x 9-1/2 inches W (42 cm x 24 cm)
- Sheet size: 16-1/2 inches H x 12-3/4 inches W (42 cm x 32 cm)
- Frame size: 21 inches H x 17-3/8 inches W (53 cm x 44 cm)
- Edition size is unknown; not numbered.
Elegantly framed
in antiqued black and silver frame. Finished with white matte with grey filet lining matte. Set behind a glass cover. This lithograph was likely pulled from
the same stone as the 1978 numbered reprint, although we have no documentation on that. We have seen no other
copies on the market (neither numbered nor un-numbered) since this one became available in 2006.
Price is $280 USD. J D Smith Fine Art will provide a Certificate of
Authtenticity to the buyer. $20 shipping to North America on this piece. Please
contact us for shipping to Europe. Insurance included in shipping.
