Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Mademoiselle Platzer in the Garden of M. Forest

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Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec(French, 1864–1901)French, 1864–1901

CultureFrench

Titles

Mademoiselle Platzer in the Garden of M. Forest

Date1891

MediumOil and tempera on board

DimensionsPanel: 19 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (49.5 × 31.1 cm)
Frame: 26 1/4 × 19 3/8 × 3 in. (66.7 × 49.2 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, museum purchase funded by the Audrey Jones Beck Accessions Endowment

Object number2021.52

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

223 Beck Galleries

Exposé

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

Special Collections

The Beck Collection Catalogue

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceHenri Geoffroy de la Planche de Ruillé (Angers, 1842–Bernay en Champagne, 1923), Paris, by 1914 [1]; Jean Laroche (1866–1935), Paris, after 1926 [2]; [Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, 1931] [3]; Nancy S. (c. 1915–1990) and Henry J. (1900–1973) Ittleson Jr., New York, by 1971 [4]; [purchased by Acquavella Gallery, New York, 1974] [5]; purchased by Nelly (1931–2020) and Carlos Pedro Arrieta (1927–2023) de Blaquier, Buenes Aires, 1974; [offered for sale by Sotheby's, New York, on behalf of the Blaquier heirs, 2020]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.

[1] Comte de Ruillé was a sculptor. Geneanet: https://gw.geneanet.org/gpougnet?n=de+la+planche+de+ruille&oc=&p=geoffroy (Accessed by Julia May Boddewyn, 18 Nov. 2024). He was the lender in 1914.

[2] Jean Laroche was a banker in Paris and an important collector.

[3] Removed “acquired by” since Wildenstein’s source has not been confirmed. The source of the 1931 date was not confirmed.

[4] Per Dortu (1971)

[5] Acquavella Gallery’s purchase and sale of the painting in 1974 was confirmed by the gallery’s archivist. (Email to Julia May Boddewyn of 11 November 2024.).

Exhibition HistoryParis, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Toulouse-Lautrec, 1914, no. 88
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed H.T. Lautrec (upper left)

Signed at upper left: H.T. Lautrec

Catalogue raisonnéBruno Foucart & Gabriele Mandel Sugana, Tout l’oeuvre peint de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1986, no.369, illustrated p. 111

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