Zimmerman et sa machine

1895

7 x 10 3/8 in /
17.8 x 25.4 cm

Magazine illustration
Announced edition of 50,000
Image transferred to another plate with identical image size
Printed in grey-black on wove paper
Published in the June 1895 issue of Revue Franco-Américaine, Paris
RARE

Lautrec's friend Paul Leclerq has left us a vivid description of this little print, which appeared in June 1895 as the illustration to a report by Tristan Bernard in La Revue Franco-Américaine: ‘The print shows the celebrated racing cyclist Arthur ‘the American Flyer' Zimmerman [who had been in France since May 1893, had his first major successes in Paris in July 1894, and returned to the United States in April 1895] wearing his jersey, leaning on his bicycle. Through this lively image I can see Lautrec, armed with his litho chalk, bending over the stone, and I can still hear him eulogizing on the benefits of sports training, with the short, vivid and trenchant expressions which he used to such effect' (Paul Leclerq [sic], Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Zurich 1958, p. 13).

References: Wittrock 111, Adriani 94