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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
Lot 503

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

Sur les yeux

Closed5 February 2008

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
Sur les yeux
signed 'TLautrec' (lower centre); inscribed 'SUR LES YEUX Paroles de S. de la Brande Musique de Haudi créée par Melle Bade' (on the right)
pen and India ink and blue crayon on paper
20½ x 15 in. (52 x 38 cm.)
Executed circa 1895

Désiré Dihau, Paris.
Jean Cailac, Paris.
Acquired by the present owner in the early 1990s.

Specialist note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Toulouse-Lautrec.

This drawing is a design for the title page of the music score Sur les Yeux. The lyrics were written by S. de la Brande and the music was composed by Haudi, a pseudonym for Désiré Dihau. For other illustrations by Toulouse-Lautrec for Dihau's song sheets, see W. Wittrock, Toulouse-Lautrec, The Complete Prints, London, 1985, vol. I, nos. 124-127.