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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 04:18:00 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: Lautrec
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Dear Mike and Chris:=20

I hope this note finds the two of you well. Regarding the Henri de Toulouse=
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Lautrec lithographs you were interested in adding to your collection; any o=
ne=20
of these works could be placed in your home at an advantageous price=20
consideration due to the month of May.? This month is dedicated to an=20
Impressionist exhibition that will be the focus. If you are interested,=20
please get in touch with me right away.=20

Virginia Repasky=20
Christopher-Clark Fine Art=20
(415) 397-7781=20
(415) 397-7784 Fax=20
virginia@clarkfineart.com=20

We have three rare Lautrec lithographs available:=20

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)?? $29,000.00=20
Frontispiece for ELLES, 1896=20
Original crayon, brush and spatter lithograph printed in three colors=20
(olive-green, blue, orange)=20
on beige wove poster paper.? Signed on the stone with the artist=01,s monog=
ram=20
device upper left.=20
An extremely rare impression of Wittrock=01,s third and final state, Adrian=
i=01,s=20
third state of four,=20
prior to the addition of the poster edition text to the stone, one of a ver=
y=20
few impressions (only=20
four known impressions are recorded by Wittrock and Adriani) printed withou=
t=20
text prior to the=20
poster edition of 1896.? Published by Gustave Pellet, Paris; believed to ha=
ve=20
been printed by=20
Auguste Clot.=20
Catalogue reference: Delteil 179; Adh,mar 200; Wittrock 155 iii/iii; Adrian=
i=20
171 iii/iv=20
Sheet size: 22 11/16 x 18 1/4 inches=20
Image size: 24 3/8 x 18 7/8 inches=20
[IMAGE]

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)?? $79,000.00=20
FEMME AU TUB from ELLES, 1896=20
Original crayon, brush and spatter lithograph printed in five colors (olive=
=20
green, blue-gray,=20
salon-red, yellow and pale curry-brown) on wove poster paper.? Signed on th=
e=20
stone with the=20
artist's monogram device lower left.? An extremely rare impression of=20
Wittrock=01,s only state,=20
Adriani=01,s only state, printed from an edition of 100 most with the initi=
als=20
and the monogram=20
stamp of the publisher Pellet (seven trials proof are known.? Published by=
=20
Gustave Pellet, Paris=20
with his monogram stamp lower right in red ink (Lugt 1193.) This is the fou=
r=20
lithograph in the=20
Elles series published in 1896.? In pristine condition, printed in bright=
=20
fresh colors on a full=20
sheet.=20
Catalogue reference: Delteil 183; Adh,mar 204; Wittrock 159 i/i; Adriani 17=
5=20
i/i=20
Image size: 15 3/4 x20 1/2 inches=20
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)?? $59,000.00=20
BABYLONE D'ALLEMAGNE, 1894=20
Original brush and spatter lithograph printed in five colors (olive-green,=
=20
yellow, red, black, dark=20
blue) on wove poster paper.? Signed and dated on the stone, also bearing th=
e=20
artist's monogram=20
device, all lower left.? A fine impression of Wittrock and Adriani=01,s sec=
ond=20
and final state, after=20
the addition of the text to the stone.? Commissioned by Victor Joze; printe=
d=20
by Chaix (Atelier=20
Cheret), with the printer=01,s credit line added to the stone at the lower=
=20
portion of the left edge.=20
Catalogue reference: Delteil 351; Adhemar 68; Wittrock P12B; Adriani 58 ii/=
ii=20
Size: 46 3/4 x 32 1/4 inches=20
[IMAGE]