La Tige -- Moulin Rouge

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HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
La Tige -- Moulin Rouge
lithograph, on wove paper, 1894, with the artist's red monogram stamp (L. 1338), numbered '17' (from the edition of 100), in very good condition, framed
Sheet: 14 ¾ x 10 7/8 in. (375 x 276 mm.)

Literature

Delteil 70; Wittrock 63; Adhémar 78; Adriani 97

Lot Essay

"La Tige" means "the stalk", which could refer both to the manner in which the leering male figure is stalking the immobile seated female prey, or as well to the stalk-like figure of the very slender lady in question, herself.

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