Lithograph and stencil on vélin Polifilo paper. Paper size: 10.24 x 13.78 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Images de Lautrec, 21 Planches en Couleurs, Collezione dell'Obelisco, 1947. Published by Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome, and Edizioni d'Arte, Rome under the direction of Carlo Bestetti, éditeur, Rome; printed by Danesi in via Margutta Editore, Rome, under the direction of master printer, Riccardo Baldini, Rome, September 24, 1947. Excerpted from the folio (translated from Italian), It was taken from this folio DCCLXXI examples, I.E.: C on Fabriano à la main filigrane à la couronne de Laurier re-serves for the Colophon Club, numbered from I to C; DCL on Polifilo paper numbered from I to DCL and XXI on the same paper marks from A to Z, out of commerce. Original graphics by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec reproduced in this volume belong to the collections of the gentlemen, Gaspero del Corso and Giuseppe Sprovieri. The reproductions have been executed on the presses of Danesi via Margutta, under the direction of master printer, Riccardo Baldini; the text was composed by hand and printed on the presses of ‘Novissima’ Roma; the model of the cover has been established by the painter, Renzo Vespignani. Printing was completed on September 24, 1947. TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of the sometimes decadent affairs of those times. Born into the aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both his legs around the time of his adolescence and, due to the rare condition pycnodysostosis, was very short as an adult due to his undersized legs. In addition to his alcoholism, he developed an affinity for brothels and prostitutes that directed the subject matter for many of his works recording many details of the late-19th-century bohemian lifestyle in Paris. Toulouse-Lautrec is among the painters described as being Post-Impressionists, with Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Georges Seurat also commonly considered as belonging in this loose group. He influenced generations of artists including Picasso who had traveled to Paris where he at first imitated Toulouse-Lautrec's style.