Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (1864-1901), REINE DE JOIE PAR VI

HENRI DE TOULOUSE LAUTREC (1864-1901), FRENCH
REINE DE JOIE PAR VICTOR JOZE CHEZ TOUS LES LIBRAIRES, 1892 [D, 342; ADH, 5; ADR, 5]
lithograph in colours laid on linen

signed in plate; printed by Edw. Ancourt & Cie, Paris

sheet 53.9 x 36.5 in — 136.8 x 92.6 cm

Provenance:
Estate of Grover Burgis, Inventory Nos. 101-306138/ M217638 to unidentified typed label verso;
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
Private Collection, Israel.

Note:
Lautrec designed this rare, early lithographic poster for his friend Victor Joze, a Polish writer of erotic novels, advertising his book whose full title was Reine de Joie / Moeurs du Demi-Monde (Queen of Joy / Customs of the Demi-Monde). The book became very rare when it was pulled from circulation by Baron Rothschild who sued the publishers claiming his image was depicted in the poster. The characters depicted are actually Georges Lasserre and the Luzarche d'Azay.

Estimate: $10,000—15,000