DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI (1864 - 1901) Lot n° 115

Important poster, lithograph in colors on paper marouflé on canvas "Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant in his cabaret". Signed H.T. Lautrec in the lower left corner of the plate. Bearing on the left border "Imp. EDW. Ancourt & Cie - 83F - St-Denis" as well as a stamp at the top left of the "République Française". Period. 1892. French school. (Misses and *). Dim.:+/-150x99,5cm._x000D_ Poster made in 1892, when the French singer and writer Aristide Bruant was at the height of his career. He was invited to the Ambassadeurs, one of the concert cafés on the Champs-Elysées, and it was on this occasion that Toulouse-Lautrec produced this poster. Although Bruant was enthusiastic about this work, he had to threaten his manager that he would not perform unless two posters were put up on either side of the stage and Paris was covered with them.