ID 717755
Lot 57 | HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)
Estimate value
£ 700 000 – 1 000 000
Tristan Bernard au Vélodrome Buffalo
oil on canvas
25 5⁄8 x 31 7⁄8 in. (65 x 81 cm.)
Painted in 1895
Provenance
Tristan Bernard, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Wildenstein & Co., New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1937.
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired from the above, in February 1946.
Acquired from the above by the present owners.
Literature
G. Coquiot, H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1913, p. 151 (illustrated; titled 'Portrait de M. Tristan-Bernard').
A. Alexandre, 'Exposition rétrospective de l'oeuvre de H. de Toulouse-Lautrec', in Les Arts, no. 152, Paris, August 1914, p. 15 (illustrated).
T. Duret, Lautrec, Paris, 1920. p. 48.
G. Coquiot, Lautrec, ou quinze ans de moeurs Parisiennes, 1885-1900, Paris, 1921, p. 122.
A. Astre, H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1925, p. 110.
M. Joyant, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, peintre, Paris, 1926, pp. 184, 200 & 288 (illustrated p. 185).
P. de Lapparent, Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1927, p. 11.
G. Jedlicka, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Berlin, 1929, p. 377 (illustrated; titled 'Tristan Bernard').
T. Bernard, 'Toulouse Lautrec Sportman', in L'Amour de l'art, no. 4, Paris, April 1931, n.p. (illustrated fig. 3).
P. MacOrlan, Lautrec, Peintre de la lumière froide, Paris, 1934, p. 119.
É. Schnaub-Koch, Psychoanalyse d'un peintre moderne: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1935, pp. 36, 86 & 210.
G. Mack, Toulouse-Lautrec, New York, 1938, pp. xiv, 229 & 258 (illustrated pl. 37).
M. Davidson, 'Impressionist and Later Portraits', in Art News, New York, 5 March 1938, pp. 11 & 24 (illustrated p. 11).
J. Lassaigne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1939, pp. 114 & 166 (illustrated p. 114).
F. Jourdain, Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1948, pl. 36 (illustrated).
W. Kern, Toulouse-Lautrec, Bern, 1948, pp. 12 & 14 (illustrated pl. 36).
F. Jourdain & J. Adhémar, T-Lautrec, Paris, 1952, no. 92, pp. 72, 88, 112 & 125 (illustrated pl. 92).
J. Lassaigne, Lautrec, Geneva, 1953, p. 95.
D. Cooper, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, London, 1955, p. 124 (illustrated p. 125).
H. Perruchot, La Vie de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1958, pp. 264, 274 & 351.
É. Julien, Lautrec, Paris, 1959, p. 36 (titled 'Portrait de Tristan Bernard').
Collection Génies et Réalités: Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1962, p 127 (illustrated p. 89).
M.G. Dortu & P. Huisman, Lautrec by Lautrec, London, 1964, p. 185 (illustrated p. 184).
M.G. Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre, vol. III, New York, 1971, no. P. 571, p. 348 (illustrated p. 349).
G.M. Sugana & J. Devoisins & C. Gonella, eds., Tout l'oeuvre peint de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, 1977, no. 539, p. 122 (illustrated).
C.F. Stuckey, Toulouse-Lautrec: Paintings, Chicago, 1979, no. 76, p. 244 (illustrated).
F. Le Targat, Toulouse-Lautrec, Barcelona, 1988, no. 85, p. 61 (illustrated).
J. Frey, Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life, New York, 1994, p. 354 (illustrated fig. 29, n.p.).
C. Beltramo Ceppi Zevi, ed., Toulouse-Lautrec: un artista moderno, exh. cat., Palzzo Vecchio, Florence, 1995, n.p. (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, May 1902, no. 107, p. 26 (titled 'Au Vélodrome Buffalo').
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Potraits d'hommes, December 1907 - January 1908, no. 132 (titled 'M. Tristan Bernard').
Paris, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Exposition rétrospective de l'oeuvre de H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, June - July 1914, no. 69, p. 14.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Exposition H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, April - May 1931, no. 141, p. 45 (illustrated pl. 10).
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Great Portraits from Impressionism to Modernism, March 1938, no. 44, p. 37 (illustrated pl. X; titled 'Tristan Bernard').
New York, Knoedler & Co., Views of Paris, January 1939, no. 41, p. 24.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., A Loan Exhibition of Toulouse-Lautrec for the Benefit of the Goddard Neighbourhood Center, October - November 1946, no. 26, p. 35 (illustrated p. 34; titled 'Tristan Bernard').
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Jubilee Loan Exhibition, 1901-1951: Masterpieces from Museums and Private Collections, November - December 1951, no. 59, n.p. (illustrated).
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Toulouse-Lautrec, October - December 1955, no. 67, n.p. (illustrated; titled 'Tristan Bernard'); this exhibition later travelled to Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, January - February 1956.
Los Angeles, Municipal Art Gallery, 1958.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paintings from Private Collections, Summer Loan Exhibition, July - September 1960, no. 121, p. 11.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Toulouse-Lautrec, February - March 1964, no. 43, n.p. (illustrated; titled 'Portrait of Tristan Bernard').
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Past Rediscovered: French Painting, 1800-1900, July - September 1969, no. 82, n.p. (illustrated n.p.).
London, Hayward Gallery, Toulouse-Lautrec, October 1991 - January 1992, no. 38, p. 166 (illustrated p. 167); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, February - June 1992.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on long term loan, 2007 - 2019.
New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, La belle époque, May - November 2021, pp. 11 & 22 (illustrated pp. 9-10).
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Artist: | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Artist: | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Medium: | Canvas, Textile |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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