Tristan Bernard
Toulouse-Lautrec experimented with the medium of drypoint for the first time in 1898. He made nine portraits of friends using a steel needle on zinc plates. Still early in his career as a writer, Tristan Bernard, the subject of this print, managed two vélodromes, venues frequented by Lautrec in the 1890s. This plate remained in Bernard's possession and in 1920 he offered it to Löys Delteil to publish in his catalogue of Lautrec's prints. It was also included in a deluxe edition of Théodore Duret's book "Lautrec" published by Bernheim-Jeune that same year.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tristan Bernard
- Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois)
- Date: 1898, published 1920
- Medium: Drypoint
- Dimensions: Image: 6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (16.5 × 11.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Sylvia Brody, 2021
- Object Number: 2023.128.5
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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