Le Theatre Libre (1897) Color Lithograph
after Toulouse-Lautrec
Lithograph in colors on wove paper after Toulouse-Lautrec. A lifetime impression. Artist's
monogram transcribed onto the stone lower right.
Transcribed from Lautrec's 1893 work for Le Theatre Libre. The image, Le Couiffeur (The
Hairdresser), was published in the monthly series Les Programmes Illustrees des Theatres et des Cafe-Concerts, a
collection of programs for theatres and cafe concerts. This series was pubished by Ernest Maindron and printed by Imprimerie
Eugene Verneau in Paris.
- Le Theatre Libre -- Le Couiffeur, from the monthly series Les
Programmes Illustrees des Theatres et des Cafe-Concerts
- Year of Publication: 1897
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Image size 9-1/2 inches H x 7-1/4 inches W (24 cm x 18 cm)
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Sheet size: 12-1/2 inches H x 9-1/2 inches W (32 cm x 24 cm)
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Frame size: 20-1/2 inches H x 18 inches W (52 cm x 46 cm)
- Edition size is 1,025. Many of these have not survived in good
condition like this one; many have not survived at all.
Conservation
framed in antique olive moulding. Finished with off-white linen matting and antique olive filet with gold highlights. All
materials are archival and museum quality. Set
behind a UV-resistant acrylic cover.
This program cover image for Le Theatre Libre was included in the publication Programmes Illustrees
des Theatre et des Café-Concerts. This series took artwork originally created to advertise theater productions
and café concerts and made it more widely available. The 1893 design was commissioned by Andre Antoine for his Le
Theatre Libre (The Free Theater) and used for two plays Une Faillite (The Bankruptcy) and Le Poet et le
Financier (The Poet and the Banker). The lithograph series was published by Ernest Maindron and printed by Imprimerie
Eugene Verneau, in Paris.
Even though this is a lifetime impression, since artisans at Imprimerie Verneau
transcribed the image onto a smaller stone, this is technically an "after" Lautrec. State with simplified text; separate from actual program cover. This printing is noted in Wolfgang
Wittrock, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Prints, Volume 1, 1985, page 84.
Price is $980 USD. J D Smith Fine Art will provide a Certificate of Authtenticity to the
buyer. Free shipping
to North America on this piece. Please contact us for shipping
to Europe. Insurance included in shipping.
