Cycle Michael
1896 · Colour lithograph · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901)
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- Colour lithograph
- Original size
- 90 × 127 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
The Welsh racing cyclist Jimmy Michael bends over his handlebars in the foreground while his trainer Choppy Warburton stands behind him in a bowler hat and a tandem pacing team rides along the track. Toulouse-Lautrec drew the lithograph in 1896 as a poster design for Michael, the champion of the Simpson chain team; it was printed in black only, as a trial, and never issued with lettering. The sweep of the track and the bent figure show his interest in the velodrome, which he visited with Tristan Bernard, the sporting director of the Vélodrome Buffalo. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A black line drawing of a racing cyclist on cream, horizontal, for a garage, home gym or study at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or grey wall and pairs with La Chaîne Simpson.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- study or library, home gym, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
The full-bleed edition
The same plate printed edge-to-edge, filling the whole sheet — bold and immersive.
