L'Estampe Originale (Cover)
1893 · Colour lithograph · Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
- Year
- 1893
- Medium
- Colour lithograph
- Original size
- 56.5 × 65.2 cm
- Collection
- Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
Jane Avril, in a red cloak and a wide hat, bends over a freshly pulled print at the press of the lithographic printer Père Cotelle, who turns the wheel in the background among the stones of the Ancourt workshop. Toulouse-Lautrec designed the lithograph in 1893 as the cover of the first portfolio of L'Estampe originale, the album of original prints by contemporary artists that André Marty published in quarterly instalments; the title and date are lettered at the upper right. The quiet grey, pink and red and the frank record of the printing trade make it a tribute to the craft that made his posters. The impression reproduced belongs to the Petit Palais, Paris.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A soft pink and grey print-shop scene, horizontal, for a studio, library or hallway at 24×16 or 36×24 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or warm grey wall and pairs with Jane Avril (1899).
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1893)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
The full-bleed edition
The painting printed edge to edge, filling the whole sheet (very slightly cropped to fit) — and available on gallery-wrapped canvas.
