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Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 40,000
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) CONFETTI. 1894. 22x16 inches, 56x40 1/2 cm. Bella & de Malherbe, London. Condition A-: light time-staining in top and right margins. Matted and framed. Paper. "One would hardly think that an artist of Toulouse-Lautrec's stature and wealth would normally apply his talents to advertise a product as routine as confetti" (Wine Spectator 53). The explanation is that the British brothers who owned this company were poster collectors themselves, and even "organized poster exhibitions at the Royal Aquarium, London, in 1894 and 1896, to which they invited Lautrec" (Adriani p. 144). Confetti, which was one of five of Lautrec's posters featured in the first exhibition, also appeared as the frontispiece in the catalogue. "The text, which is designed as part of the drawing, forms an integral element of the composition; it fits into the overall character of the design to create an effective advertisement without impinging in the drawing in any way (Adriani p. 144). Delteil 352, Adhemar 9, Adriani 101, Reims 779, Wember 763, DFP-II 834.
