Henri de Toulouse

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Confettis, 1894
Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 43 cm
Signed and dated lower left: HTLautrec / 94
Dortu no. P.517
Provenance
Monsieur Robin-Langlois, Paris (by 1902 & 1931) (1) ▪ Dr. Fritz Nathan, Zurich (2) ▪ Emil Bührle,
Zurich (30 May 1952 until [d.] 28 November 1956) (3) ▪ Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the
Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, no. 107 (1960).
(1) Exposition H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris 1902, no. 113.; Exposition H. de ToulouseLautrec, Musée des Arts décoratifs (Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan), Paris, 1931, no. 113. The name of RobinLanglois is also listed in a file regarding the painting's provenance and exhibition history, inscribed by Dr.
Walter Drack [curator of the Bührle Collection] "Dr. Nathan".
(2) AStEGB, Entry Book I, 20 May 1952.
(3) Acquired from the above, Entry Book as above, n. (2), with mention "gekauft 30. 5. 52".
Exhibitions
Exposition H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris 1902, no. 113. ▪ Exposition
rétrospective de l'œuvre de H. de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris 1914,
no. 103. ▪ Exposition H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, Musée des Arts décoratifs (Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan),
Paris, 1931, no. 113. ▪ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Kunsthalle Basel 1947, no. 10. ▪ Paris 1900,
Musée Jenisch, Vevey 1954, no. 109. ▪ Toulouse-Lautrec, Das gesamte graphische Werk, Bildstudien
und Gemälde, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich 2005, no. XVI.
References
Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré, vol. 11, H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, Seconde partie, Paris 1920,
entry for no. 352. ▪ Maurice Joyant, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864–1901, vol. 1, Peintre, Paris
1926, pp. 233 (ill.), 280 (2New York 1968). ▪ Jacques Lassaigne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris 1939, p. 20
(ill.). ▪ Merete Bodelsen, Toulouse-Lautrec's Posters, Catalogue & Comments, (exh. cat.) Museum of
Decorative Arts, Copenhagen 1964, p. 12. ▪ Jean Adhémar, Toulouse-Lautrec, Lithographies, pointes
sèches, Œuvre complet, Paris 1965, p. 372, entry for no. 9 (English edition: Toulouse-Lautrec, His
Complete Lithographs and Drypoints, London 1965; German edition: Toulouse-Lautrec, Das
graphische Werk, Vienna & Munich 1965, p. 29, entry for no. 9; 21966). ▪ Giorgio Caproni, Gabriele
Mandel Sugana, L'opera completa di Toulouse-Lautrec, Milan 1969, no. 327 (ill.; 21977; German
edition: Das Gesamtwerk von Toulouse-Lautrec, Lucerne etc. 1969; Spanish edition: La obra
pictórica completa de Toulouse-Lautrec, Barcelona 1970; 21988; English edition: Gabriele Mandel
Sugana, Denys Sutton, The Complete Paintings of Toulouse-Lautrec, London 1973; French edition:
Bruno Foucart, Gabriele Mandel Sugana, Tout l'œuvre peint de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris 1986, no. 480
[ill.]). ▪ Marcel G. Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son œuvre, Catalogue des peintures, aquarelles,
monotypes, reliure, vitrail, céramique, dessins, New York 1971, vol. 3, no. P.517 (ill.; German
edition: Marcel G. Dortu, J. A. Méric, Toulouse-Lautrec, Das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt/M. etc. 1980). ▪
Toulouse-Lautrec, (exh. cat.) Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny 1987, p. 148 (ill.), entry for cat.
no. 81.
Catalogues of the Bührle Collection: 1966 & 1971, no. 107; 1973/86, no. 96; 1994/95, p. 31;
2004/05, no. 154. ▪ Exhibitions of the Bührle Collection: Zurich 1958, no. 206; Berlin 1958, no. 58;
Munich 1958–59, no. 161; Zurich 2010, no. 107.
Catalogues, exhibitions and articles cited in full see http://www.buehrle.ch/pdf/egbcat.pdf.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Status as per January 2016
www.buehrle.ch / [email protected]
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