Promenoir

1899

16 x 20 in /
40.6 x 50.8 cm

Number 49 in an edition of 100 impressions (less than half of edition is numbered)
Printed in black olive-green on japan paper
Red monogram stamp in the lower left
Published by La Maison Moderne, Paris (Julius Meier-Graefe) in the portfolio Germinal 15 in public collections

For the last time, we see here the foyer of the Moulin Rouge. Lautrec's cousin, Gabriel Tapie de Celeyran, and the photographer Sescau stand in the background on the left, in a final reminiscence of its performers and of Lautrec's many visits to the establishment. This work was made at the end of 1898 for the Album Germinal, published in 1899 by Julis Meier-Graefe with a text, ‘Au Bal Public', by Geffroy.

References: Wittrock 307, Adriani 309