Jeanne Granier. Portrait of the Actress. by Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901

Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901
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Jeanne Granier. Portrait of the Actress.

Original lithograph in black ink. 1898. Signed with the monogram in the stone. From the edition of c.400 impressions. Printed in Paris c.1900/1901. Issued in the series: Treize Lithographies - Portraits of Actors and Actresses. Issued by Pellet and the Société des Vingt 1903(?).
Ref: Wittrock - T-Lautrec Graphic Work 250; Adriani no 264

Excellent impression with strong inking. On smooth pale cream japan-type paper. Excellent condition; the faintest trace of old edge mounting on the reverse only. Full margins. Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 1/2ins. Image: 11 5/8 x 9 3/8ins (295x238mm).

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This portrait, in a very fine impression, of the famous Parisian music hall star Jeanne Granier shows Toulouse-Lautrec?s drawing at its incomparable best. Every nuance and curl of line is used, with the texture and transparency of the ink tone, to express the style and the character of her personality and her performance. Lautrec had a way of using line to create atmosphere which remains one of the greatest achievements in the art of the late 19th century, and in the whole history of printmaking.

This lithograph was one of a group of studies of leading performers, actors and actresses commissioned from Lautrec in 1898.