Lunch with Lautrec
Series TitleThe History of Printmaking
Artist
Warrington Colescott
(American, 1921 - 2018)
Date1977
MediumColor etching
DimensionsPlate: 21 7/8 x 29 7/16 inches (55.56 x 74.73 cm)
Sheet: 24 7/8 x 29 7/16 inches (63.18 x 74.73 cm)
Sheet: 24 7/8 x 29 7/16 inches (63.18 x 74.73 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Object numberF90-35
Signedbottom margin (in pencil): "22/75 History of Printmaking: Lunch with Lautrec Warrington Colescott 1977"
Edition/State/Proof22/75
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionBottom left corner, stove with pots, tall pipe, in front of which hatted Lautrec stands, stirring in pot on table, faced by standing figure of gloved Yvette Guilbert; bust-length figure of Marcelle Lender, bottom center, lithograph stones, lower right center. Behind set table, center, two seated men wtih embracing woman between. Two standing women, right margin. Man and woman embracing, center. Group of standing figures, among them La Goulue, right above center. Upper left corner, Lautrec sprawled from horse behind mounted father; two women run from chateau, top right. Music hall to their left. Wall of studio, left, rises to top above sink with pans hanging above and titles of dishes in black letters.Copyright© Warrington Colescott
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