Jeanne Granier (From Portraits d'Acteurs & d'Actrices)

c. 1906

10 x 12 1/8 in /
25.4 x 30.5 cm

First edition of approximately 400 impressions
Printed in grey-black on beige wove paper
Published in the series Treize Lithographies

The operetta star Jeanne Granier (1852-1939) may be shown here in the play Le Nouveau Jeu (The New Game), which opened on 8 February 1898. Lautrec mentions a drawing of her in a letter to the London publisher Sands on 5 March 1898, but he adds a question mark and goes on to say: ‘I shall do a better one.' Nevertheless, this portrait is probably the final version, appearing in the portfolio Portraits d'Acteurs & d'Actrices.

References: Wittrock 250, Adriani 264