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[Lithographie(s)] Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

Yvette Guilbert - Le Café Concert

L'Estampe originale, Paris 1893, 31,5x43cm, en feuilles.

Original stamp by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, from the Le Café-Concert series published by Publications de l'Estampe Originale. Very rare and beautiful lithograph forming part of 500 original proofs printed on vellum by Edouard Ancourt's printing house.
Profile portrait of Yvette Guilbert, Toulouse-Lautrec's muse and famous cabaret artist. In his preface to this current series of lithographs, Georges Montorgueil dedicates a few lines to her: “Le triomphe fabuleux d'Yvette Guilbert est fait de deux parts : son propre talent si en dehors, sa voix mordante, son entente du costume, son air gaiement funèbre qui est la dernière forme de notre rire, mais l'autre part est son répertoire. Elle s'est faite la muse des pince sans rire […]” “Yvette Guilbert's fabulous triumph is made up of two parts: her own talent outside of her piercing voice, her costume arrangement, her cheerfully funeral air, which is the last to make us laugh, and the other part is her repertoire. the muse of those who had a cold humour, those we can pinch without them laughing [...].” One year later, Yvette Guilbert inspired Lautrec to produce a series of 16 lithographs that were also published by André Marty's Éditions de l'Estampe Original, with a preface by Gustave Geffroy.
A veritable ode to the Café-concert, this series by Toulouse-Lautrec and Henri-Gabriel Ibels captures the essence of the Parisian lifestyle and the vitality of its nights. The plates are accompanied by a pamphlet by the writer Georges Montorgueil singing the praises of these establishments so wrongly looked down on, which he calls “a tonic for modern life.” Far removed from the heavy atmosphere of theatres and concert halls, these “carefree” places saw a real boom during the Belle époque and launched the careers of some remarkably modern artists.
A rare print perfectly preserved, a reminder of the splendors of “Fin de siècle Paris by night”.