Bartet et Mounet-Sully Original Lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec

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Bartet et Mounet-Sully dans Antigone

Bartet et Mounet-Sully dans Antigone Original Lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec Bartet et Mounet-Sully dans Antigone LithographFramed and Matted in Acid-Free Materials Signed in the Plate by the Artist. Monogram Stamped in Red by the Artist.
Bartet et Sully-Mounet Original Lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec Bartet et Sully-Mounet Lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec Framed and Matted Bartet et Sully-Mounet Lithograph by Toulouse-Lautrec Monogram Lower Right

Original crayon and spatter lithograph with scraper in brown and black ink on wove paper by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from 1893. Titled Bartet et Mounet-Sully, dans Antigone, this work shows the actors Julia Bartet and Jean Mounet-Sully on stage performing in a drama by Sophocles called Antigone. From the only edition of 65 impressions, based on the second state. Signed in the plate with Lautrec’s monogram upper right, and hand stamped in red with Lautrec’s monogram lower right. References: Jean Adhemar, Toulouse-Lautrec: His complete lithographs and drypoints, 59; Gotz Adriani, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Graphic Works, 44;  Wolfgang Wittrock, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Prints, 45.

– Title: Bartet et Mounet-Sully, dans Antigone
– Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)
– Year of publication: 1893
– Sheet size: 15 inches H x 11 inches W (38.0 cm H x 28.0 cm W)
– Image size: 14-1/2 inches H x 10-1/2 inches W (36.8 cm H x 26.7 cm W)
– Frame size: 24-1/4 inches H x 20-1/4 inches W (62 cm H x 51.4 cm W)

Excellent condition. No significant fading to the black or brown ink, or the red ink stamp. The lithograph was professionally cleaned and de-adicified and old tape was removed from the top rear edge. Small discolored wood flake in paper  ~3 inches in diagonally from lower right corner. Dramatically framed in a decades old black wood and gold molding. Frame in very good condition with a few touch ups to the gold at outside rear corners. Finished with new taupe linen matte and black inner matte outlining the image. Set behind a new UV-resistant acrylic cover.