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HENRI DE TOULOUSE LAUTREC (1864-1901) LES VIEILLES HISTOIRES. 1893. 17 1/4x22 1/2 inches, 44x57 cm. Condition A- / B+: minor crease and tear in upper image. Mounted to board. The lithographic cover for a collection of song titles based on poems by Jean Goudezki and set to music by Désiré Dihau. Dihau himself is pictured, leading a bear by the nose which is considered to be "a satire on the poet Jean Goudezki" (Adriani p. 59). Lautrec also, inexplicably, depicts a balloon in the sky over Paris. Wittrock 5, Delteil 18, Adriani 27 II.
