Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
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Title:
Floreal
Date:
ca 1895
Size:
11 x 14
Medium:
Lithograph
Price:
$1,600.00
INV. #:
9246
Floreal. Between 1895 and 1896, Lautrec created 16 images fora series of sheet music for his friend, the composer and bassoonist, Desire Dihau. The series was titled Melodies de Desire Dihau. Printed with black ink on cream wove paper. 14 x 11 in
The first published edition of c. 250 impressions was printed as a cover for sheet music by Desiré Dihau; our impression from the 1935 reprint published by H. Lefebvre, Paris is one of 100 impressions in black ink on wove paper 325x250mm without the sheet music on the verso
Original. Presented in a 16" x 20" acid free archival museum mat. One of the collection of lithograph song sheet covers, Paris, ca 1895. The song series that Toulouse-Lautrec illustrated were for his friend the composer and bassonist Darius Dihau. All signed in the stones
with Toulouse-Lautrec’s monogram. James Flud writes regarding the Harmonizing the Arts Original Graphic Designs for Printed Music by World-Famous Artists. "Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Dali, Picasso, Arp, Bonnard, Braque, Chagall, Cocteau, Daumuier, Delacrois, Dufy, Leger, Matisse, Miro, Picabia, and Whistler --some of the greatest names in the art world -- have created original designs for printed music. And yet their work in this area is not generally known. Though there have been a number of books dealing with illustrated music, none, to our knowledge, mention the works of these major artists." Reference #: Delteil 139, Whittrock 134; Delteil 139 II, Adhemar 164II, Adriani 157 II.
The first published edition of c. 250 impressions was printed as a cover for sheet music by Desiré Dihau; our impression from the 1935 reprint published by H. Lefebvre, Paris is one of 100 impressions in black ink on wove paper 325x250mm without the sheet music on the verso
Original. Presented in a 16" x 20" acid free archival museum mat. One of the collection of lithograph song sheet covers, Paris, ca 1895. The song series that Toulouse-Lautrec illustrated were for his friend the composer and bassonist Darius Dihau. All signed in the stones
with Toulouse-Lautrec’s monogram. James Flud writes regarding the Harmonizing the Arts Original Graphic Designs for Printed Music by World-Famous Artists. "Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Dali, Picasso, Arp, Bonnard, Braque, Chagall, Cocteau, Daumuier, Delacrois, Dufy, Leger, Matisse, Miro, Picabia, and Whistler --some of the greatest names in the art world -- have created original designs for printed music. And yet their work in this area is not generally known. Though there have been a number of books dealing with illustrated music, none, to our knowledge, mention the works of these major artists." Reference #: Delteil 139, Whittrock 134; Delteil 139 II, Adhemar 164II, Adriani 157 II.