Cleo de Merode Original Lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec	Cleo de Merode Original Lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec Framed	Signed in the Plate Using Lautrec’s Monogram

Original lithograph in black ink on beige wove paper by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Only state. Titled Cleo de Merode. Plate created 1898; impression from before 1906. Signed in the plate with Lautrec’s monogram (Lugt 1338) upper right. Acccording to Wittrock, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Prints, the plate for this lithograph was developed in 1898 for a portfolio titled Portraits d’Acteurs and d’Actrices: Treize Lithographs. The portfolio was not published until after Lautrec died. This impression was printed before 1906 for the edition of 400. Total edition size (1906 and 1913 printings) is 440. References: Wittrock 258, Adriani 262, Adhemar 174.

– Title: Cleo de Merode, from the portfolio, Treize Lithographs
– Date of Plate: 1898; Date of Printing: before 1906
– Image size: 11-1/2 inches H x 9-1/2 inches W (29.3 cm x 24 cm)
– Sheet size: 15-3/8 inches H x 12-5/8 inches W (39 cm x 32 cm)
– Frame size: 22-1/4 inches H x 19-3/4 inches w (56.6 cm x 50.2 cm)

Dramatically framed in black frame with red highlights, brown/grey linen matte and black inner matte. Set behind a UV-resistant acrylic cover. Paper is more beige than shown in photo.

Price is $4,800 USD. Certificate of Authenticity from J D Smith Fine Art. Free shipping to North American on this piece. Shipment insured for purchase price.