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HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
LES VIEILLES HISTOIRES. 1893.
15 1/2x22 inches, 39 1/4x55 3/4 cm. Condition A-: slight time-staining in margins; slightly toned.
The lithographic cover for a collection of song titles based on poems by Jean Goudezki, set to music by Désiré Dihau. Dihau was a distant cousin for whom Lautrec designed twenty-six sheet music covers. "Here we see him [Dihau] leading a bear along the auspicious route to the Institut de France which is dimly perceived in the background . . . the bear being led by the nose is a satire on the poet Jean Goudezki" (Adriani p. 59). Lautrec also, inexplicably (but much to the interest and delight of early aviation enthusiasts), depicts a balloon in the sky over Paris. Wittrock 5, Delteil 18, Adriani 27 II.
