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HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
LE CHARIOT DE TERRE CUITE. Playbill & book cover. 1895.
Sizes vary. Condition varies, generally B+. Playbill with minor wear at corners, unobtrusive horizontal fold; book cover with small replaced losses and repaired tears, colors attenuated. Both framed.
"Lautrec designed this playbill for Victor Barrucand's adaptation of the fourth-century Sanskrit love story translated as "Le Chariot de Terre Cuite" (The Little Clay Cart). An ornamental elephant, possibly inspired by the papier-mâché model at the Moulin Rouge, forms the base of a decorative platform at the top of which anarchist critic Félix Fénéon strikes a dramatic pose. Fénéon recited the prologue for the production, which opened Jan 22, 1895 at the Théâtre de l'Oeuvre in Paris. Lautrec also designed the sets for the fifth act" (metmuseum.org 2018.854.2). The Met 1970.598.1 & 2018.854.2, Delteil 77, Adhémar 109, Adriani 105.
