Sale 2453 - Vintage Posters, August 2, 2017

humble, intimate manner that did not flaunt their sexuality, but focused more on the banal routines of their daily lives. 100 of these portfolios were printed. The cover and frontispiece of the folio bore this illustration, and when the 10 images were put on exhibition in the offices of La Plume magazine in 1896, the image, with the addition of the text (not by Lautrec’s design), was re-used as a poster. In this image, we see a woman either dressing or undressing, the man’s “top hat and erotic accessories . . . recall the moral habits of the 18th century” (ibid.). Adriani 171-IV, Delteil 179, Adhemar 200, DFP-II 842, Wember 767, Devynck p. 89. [6,000/9,000] PIERRE YRONDY (DATES UNKNOWN) 79 ● CHANSONS ET MONOLOGUES D’ARISTIDE BRUANT. Circa 1891. 76 1 / 2 x54 inches, 194 1 / 4 x137 1 / 4 cm. H. Hérold, Paris. Condition B+: restored losses, repaired tears and overpainting in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds. Two-sheets. [600/900] 79 Lot 78 (continued)