Moulin Rouge

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

CultureFrench

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Moulin Rouge

Date1891

PlaceParis, France

MediumLithograph in colors on wove paper, state I/II

DimensionsSheet: 66 × 46 in. (167.6 × 116.8 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.304

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ProvenancePierre Janlet (Brussels, 1900–Brussels, 1991), Brussels, by 1964 [1]; [sold by him, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, “Important Graphics,” April 15, 1964, lot 166, illus. on frontispiece.]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, 1964; given to MFAH, 1998.

[1] The 1964 auction at Parke-Bernet was by order of two presumably unrelated individuals: Pierre Janlet of Brussels and George Cleary of New York. Janlet is identified as the owner of this lot. He was the Director General of the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Geneanet.org: https://gw.geneanet.org/vannesmarc?n=janlet&oc=&p=pierre (Accessed by Julia May Boddewyn, 8 October 2024).
Exhibition HistoryEXCOLLECTION: Pierre Janlet, Brussels.
EXCOLLECTION: George Cleary
SALE: "Important Graphics", Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, April 15, 1964, lot 166.
EXCOLLECTION: Mr. and Mrs. John A. and Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1964.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Stamp used is the artist's distinctive mark incorporating his initials so that the vertical lines of the T and the L are also either the vertical lines for a letter H or are connected by a hyphen. The entire device is surrounded by a circle.:

printed on image at lower left, recto: "T-Lautrec"

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