Polin (From Portraits d'Acteurs & d'Actrices)

c. 1906

9 x 11 1/8 in /
22.9 x 27.9 cm

Edition of approximately 400 impressions
Printed in grey-black on china paper
Published in the series Treize Lithographies, as well as in the portfolio Portraits d'Acteurs & d'Actrices
 
Here is a stage-side view of the buffoonish comedian Pierre-Paul Marsale, known as Polin, as he performs. Polin appeared at the Alcazar d'Eté and La Scala, achieving great success with his caricatures of the French military. Lautrec sent a trial proof of the drawing to Sands in London on 25 February 1898.

References: Wittrock 261, Adriani 269