Sale 1269
Estimate$1,500 – $2,500
Provenance:
Colletti Gallery, Chicago, 2005
Literature:
Adriani (G) 292 I/II; Delteil 230; Adhémar 273; Adriani 298; Wittrock 288
Lot notes:
The artwork presented here was used as the cover for the novel Ninon de Lenclos Amoureuse (Ninon de Lenclos in Love) by Jean de Tinan, published by the Mercure de France. Certainly a very appropriate novel for Lautrec to be illustrating, Ninon de Lenclos (1623-1705) was the most well known 17th century French courtesan.
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