Preliminary Design for the Playbill to "Le Chariot de Terre Cuite"

1894

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Lautrec sketched anarchist critic Félix Fénéon striking a dramatic pose with arms outstretched atop an ornamental platform with an elephant-shaped base. This was Lautrec’s preliminary design for the playbill to Victor Barrucand’s adaptation of the fourth-century Sanskrit love story "Le Chariot de terre cuite" (The Little Clay Cart). Lautrec also designed the sets for the fifth act. Fénéon had a bit part reading the prologue in the production, which opened Jan 22, 1895 at the Théâtre de l’Oeuvre in Paris. Lautrec dedicated and offered the drawing to Fénéon.

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Title: Preliminary Design for the Playbill to "Le Chariot de Terre Cuite"
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois)
Dedicatee: Félix Fénéon (French (born Italy), Turin 1861–1944 Châtenay-Malabry)
Date: 1894
Medium: Blue crayon heightened with white gouache
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 11 in. (47 x 28 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Ruth A. Mueller, 2015
Object Number: 2018.854.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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