Caricature (Dortu, V, D.2.934)

pen and ink on paper

signed with monogram lower left

6.5 × 4 in (16.5 × 10.2 cm) (sight)

Auction Estimate:$3,000 - $5,000

Sale date:April 8 - 22, 2025

Price Realized

$2,760

(including Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Herbert Schimmel R.H. Ellsworth, Ltd. Sotheby’s, auction, New York, 23 February 2005, lot 2 Estate of Robert Noakes

M. G. Dortu, "Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre", Vol. V, New York, 1971, page 342, no. D.2.934, illustrated page 463

Solange Meric has kindly informed us that this is a caricature of the Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec, the artist's father.