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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Le Jockey
1899, lithograph in colours on China paper
Christie's, London
Settled
Auction 29 Sept, 13:00 BSTFollow the sale at the house
Vibrant lithograph depicting jockey life from one of the masters of the Belle Époque.
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The fact sheet
- Medium
- lithograph in colours on China paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet 51.5 x 36 cm (201 /4 x 14 1/4 in)
- Provenance
- Sotheby's, New York, 30 October 1998, lot 481A. Acquired at the above sale (through Kornfeld); then by descent to the present owners.
- Condition
- The colours muted, especially the blue spatter on the ground and in the sky, and the red of the second jockey's cap. Two small holes in the lower subject: one on the horse's right upper hind leg (circa 2 x 3 mm.), the other to the right of the horse's front left hoof (circa 2 x 2 mm.). A few pinpoint foxmarks, mainly in the lower subject. Faintly inscribed with a number 242 hm in pencil at lower right recto. Mounted and framed (with Perspex).
- Exhibited
- Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Aus der Werkstatt des Künstlers – Druckgraphik und vorbereitende Zeichnungen der Sammlung Hegewisch, March 1999 - October 2000, p. 47 (ill.) & p. 98. Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Auf Stein gezeichnet – Lithographien von Bresdin bis Vuillard, November 2013 - March 2014, no. 91 (ill.), pp. 58-59, 94.
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Christie's estimate
The estimate is only a starting point...
£15,000–£24,000
Sold price (may include buyer's premium)
£8,500
£10,880 with fees
Sold for £10,880 with fees (£8,500 hammer), below the £15,000–24,000 estimate.
How the calls lined up
Crowd median
£40,000
371% over
Christie's estimate
£15,000–£24,000
Sold price (may include buyer's premium)
£8,500
£0£22.4K£44.8K
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