Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de - 1864 Albi - 1901 Malromé; French painter a. graphic artist. French painter a. graphic artist of post-impressionism; especially famous for his posters, which he designed for the Parisian variety theater Moulin Rouge at Montmartre: "At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance", colour offset after the painting from 1889/90, left ob. Copyright notice "by Musée d'Albi France", left below the painting hand inscr. in pencil numbered 167/500, right un. inscr. "De Toulouse-Lautrec", ca. 22 x 28,5cm, slightly browned / stained, faded, RhG (age-marked, dam., unopened, ca. 33,5 x 42cm)

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