Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901, France.) "Aristide Bruant" lithograph. The piece is signed in black and has a Lautrec emblem/monogram stamp in red in the lower left of the lithograph. The size is 29" x 40" and it ships free in a mailing tube within the USA.
This iconic image was originally a poster created in 1893 meant to be overprinted with different text for different occasions. It depicts the trademark black cape, scarlet scarf and black hat of singer/performer/club owner, Aristide Bruant.
Lithograph (with text) printed in four colors; machine wove paper edition of 1,000 from original plates from the museum in France. Following the success of Lautrec?'s posters of Aristide Bruant, advertising his performances at two chic Parisian café-concerts the Ambassadeurs and the Eldorado in 1892, the following year Bruant commissioned the artist to create another poster to promote his own cabaret, the Mirliton in Montmartre. This compelling dramatic work was remarkable for its ra
