38. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(1864-1901)
Yvette Guilbert – À Ménilmontant de Bruant

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Toulouse-Lautrec: Yvette Guilbert

Yvette Guilbert – À Ménilmontant de Bruant

Lithograph, 1898, from Yvette Guilbert, Série Anglaise, 295 x 239 mm., Wittrock 275, Delteil 255, Adhèmar 311. Fine impression in sanguine on simili-japon paper with full margins, from the second edition, published by the Leicester Galleries, London, in 1930, signed with the monogram stamp and with the blind stamp of the publisher. The edition was 82 and Wittrock lists impressions from it as rare. The first edition, published by Bliss & Sands, was printed in black and did not show the edges of the stone; impressions from it are more common. The paper evenly darkened across the whole subject, the monogram stamp slightly faded. The title refers to a working-class neighborhood of Paris and the singer-songwriter Aristide Bruant. Guilbert was one of the great theatrical figures of the Belle Epoque. On stage she presented a virginal aspect and the contrast with her songs – which were anything but virginal – produced a theatrical ambiguity that drove audiences wild.

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