Preliminary Design for the Playbill to "Le Chariot de Terre Cuite" 1894 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 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
Preliminary Design for the Playbill to "Le Chariot de Terre Cuite" 1894 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 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 Féné Preliminary Design for the Playbill to "Le Chariot de Terre Cuite". Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois). 1894. Blue crayon heightened with white gouache. Drawings
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