Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, 1864-1901 Flower Merchant,... Lot 12

Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, 1864-1901 Flower Merchant, 1879-1881 watercolor on beige paper (slight insolation), unsigned 20 x 12.5 cm at sight. ATTENTION: PRIOR REGISTRATION REQUIRED TO BID ON THIS LOT BIBLIOGRAPHY M. Joyant, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, drawings, prints, posters, Edition Floury, 1926-1927, volume II, p.179 M. G. Dortu , Toulouse-Lautrec and his work, Collectors Editions, New-York, 1971, volume III, described under n°A.133 p.482 and reproduced p.483 FORMER PROVENANCE Collection Tapié de Céleyran Mazza Collection, Marseille Painter, draughtsman, poster artist and lithographer, Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec came from an aristocratic background and set up his studio in Montmartre, much to the displeasure of his parents, where he rubbed shoulders with modest people, sketching them and representing them with happiness throughout his career. This merchant is moving forward with a determined step carrying a large box to deliver her flowers. She is represented by a few light pencil strokes, the black dress and the blue cap watercolored and the white apron treated in reserve. Behind the features of a simple woman, a woman of the people, it is dignity that prevails. The pencils, it is not wood and lead, it is thought by the phalanges. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Always and everywhere the ugliness has its accents of beauty. It is exciting to discover them where nobody sees them . Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec