Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

Le Secret

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec's original lithograph, "Le Secret" (The Secret) is printed upon 'Arches' watermarked paper and with large, full margins. This impression is the 'Second State of Two', as published for the final edition of five hundred impressions by A. C. Mazo, Paris, 1978. It is signed in the stone with Lautrec's usual monogram to the lower right. Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to create fourteen lithographic song sheet covers for the popular ballads of Desire Dihau, published under the title of "Melodies de Desire Dihau". This is the seventh song title from the set. "Le Secret" is a fine, original example of the most famous lithographic art of created by the French artist, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.

Original Lithograph by Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa 'Henri Toulouse-Lautrec'.

Le Secret

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Title:	Le Secret
Artist:	Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri (Albi, 1864 - Chateau de Malrome, 1901)
Date:	1895 (Posthumous Edition, A. C. Mazo, Paris, 1978)
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	A. C. Mazo, Paris
Note:	Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa 'Henri Toulouse-Lautrec': Despite his short life (36 years), Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa is perhaps France's greatest late nineteenth century artist. His original posters and lithographs, in particular, were the greatest achievement of the art nouveau era and clearly influenced the course of modern art.
	Henri Toulouse-Lautrec received his first art lessons from his uncle and from the painter, Rene Princeteau. In 1882 he entered the Paris studio of Leon Bonnat, and several months later began studies under Fernand Cormon. There he became friends with such fellow students as Vincent Van Gogh and Emil Bernard. In 1884 Lautrec rented an apartment in Montmartre and began his career as a painter. Partly influenced by the work of Edgar Degas, Lautrec created paintings and drawings of Montmartre cabarets and dance halls during the following seven years.
	In 1891 Henri Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to design a lithographic poster for the Moulin Rouge. This resulted in the now famous poster, Moulin Rouge, La Goulue. In this one large lithograph the artist had boldly launched color, line and form into the twentieth century. Gotz Adriani writes, "Major critics began to take notice of him, and some began to support him with enthusiasm. This sudden recognition encouraged Lautrec to continue working in graphics, and within the decade that remained to him, he produced a total of 351 lithographs and 9 drypoints that are among the finest works ever produced. *
	In 1895 Lautrec was commissioned to create fourteen lithographic song sheet covers for the popular ballads of Desire Dihau. Published under the title of Melodies de Desire Dihau, each was initially printed in twenty first state impressions, without lettering. After the titles were added (the second state), the Paris publisher, C. Joubert. published around two hundred impressions to accompany Dihau's music. Le Secret is the seventh song title from the set.
	Two twentieth century editions of the lithographs from Melodies de Desire Dihau exist. First, in 1935, an edition of 140 impressions of each of the fourteen lithographs was published in Paris by H. Lefebvre. Finally, in 1978, A. C. Mazo & Cie, Paris, published an edition of 500, printed in brown-black ink on 'Arches' watermarked paper. This impression of Le Secret hails from this the final edition. The stone was then canceled and is currently in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
	Like all Lautrec's great art, Le Secret reveals superb mastery of line and form. With a few quick strokes, the image of an old woman and her cat at the fire comes to unforgettable life.
Raisonne:	Gotz Adriani, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Graphic Works, A Catalogue Raisonne, London, Thames & Hudson, 1988, p. 206. * Quotation taken from p. 425.
	Catalogue #151, Second State of Two, as published for the final edition of 500 impressions by A. C. Mazo, Paris, 1978.
Size:	11 X 7 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed & Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon 'Arches' watermarked paper and with large, full margins as published by A. C. Mazo in Paris in 1978. Signed in the stone with Lautrec's usual monogram to the lower right. Containing faint mat burning from a previous framing effort in the outer margins and well removed from the actual lithograph, else in very good condition throughout. Le Secret represents a superb, original example of the most famous lithographic art of Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa 'Henri Toulouse-Lautrec'.
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