Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC | The Moulin Rouge, 1891

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC | Lithographs

(1862 - 1918)

LITHOGRAPH | The Moulin Rouge, 1891 *

For the first time in the world in Lithograph
According to the original drawing of theToulouse-Lautrec museum in Albi (France) dated 1891
Handsigned & numbered edition at 60 ex.

* From a study of The Toulouse-Lautrec museum in Albi (France), realized in 1891 for his greatest poster : “The Moulin Rouge".
One of the very rare drawings of Lautrec ever made in lithography. Neither during the artist's lifetime nor after his death.

From the drawing to its printing, this lithograph has been entirely realized by hand. With the same technical and artistic constraints, the same moves are made on the very same period machines. Drawn and printing colour by colour on "Marinoni Voirin" lithographic flat press of 1920.

Title : The Moulin rouge : The Goulue & Valentin, the Boneless One, 1891
Technique : Lithograph in 8 colors
(4 printed colors & hand-colored highlights)
Date of edition : 2020
Publisher : FRANCE ART DIFFUSION
Lithography workshop : Atelier Clot, Paris *
Origine : Toulouse Lautrec museum (Albi, France)
Size : 73,8x54 cm / 29,1x21,3 inches
Paper : Vélin d'arches 270g
Justification : Numbered & Handsigned by the lithographer & the publisher
Printed note : imp Clot, Paris (Clot Printer, Paris)
Dry stamp of the publisher
Certificate of authenticity

Advantages of hand-colored highlights in lithography :

^{The hand-colored highlights enhance the realism of the drawing. Each color and its placement have been carefully studied. They are then applied by hand on the lithograph with the utmost precision to "blend in" with the original artwork.}