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Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
Lot 318

Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

Portrait de femme (Médaillon pour la décoration du salon de la Maison de la rue d'Amboise, Paris)

Closed2 May 2012

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Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
Portrait de femme (Médaillon pour la décoration du salon de la Maison de la rue d'Amboise, Paris)
oil on canvas, shaped
11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm.)
Painted in 1892

M. Farra, Paris.
Henry Lapauze, Paris.
Mme Pomaret, Paris.
M. Marcellin; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 31 May 1956, lot 26.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 June 1978, lot 72.
Private collection (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, Paris, 3 December 2007, lot 39.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

In 1892, Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to decorate the living room of the Parisian brothel called 'La Maison de la rue d'Amboise.' For this project, the artist painted a series of panels and medallions which would line the walls of the salon. In total there were 18 medallions produced; all, including the present lot, were portraits of the brothel's prostitutes.