$100
After Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901). "Les Papillons", 1978 lithograph from the original 1895 plate, third (final) state, from "Quatorze Lithographies Originales pour Illustrer des Chansons (Fourteen Original Lithographs Illustrating Songs)", pencil numbered lower left as part of limited posthumous edition, "187/450", printed by the Joubert Company. Lithograph depicts a large butterfly at upper center with two smaller butterflies to left in front of a seascape with a large barge and smaller ship behind it, with faint waves to front of scene. Inscribed above ships "A Mademoiselle Jeanne Selle.", and below butterflies "Les Papillons/ Rondo/ Poesie de/ Jean Richepin/ Musique de/ Desire Dihau/ Piano: 5f/ Pt. Format: 1f/ C. Joubert Editeur, 25, Rue d'Hauteville/ Paris/ Tous droits de Traduction, de Reproduction et de Representation reserves pour tous pays.". Framed approximately 21 3/8" x 17 3/8", sight size approximately 16 1/4" x 12 1/4". Provenance: From the Estate of Mr. Soichi Furuta, Woodstock, Georgia. Note: Soichi Furuta (1927-2011) was a Renaissance Man of sorts, beginning his career in fine art arena. After attending UCLA, he joined a creative design and packaging firm in New York where he later became president. The firm (Stuart, Gunn & Furuta) was responsible for packaging design for a number of major brands including Michelob, Hershey's, Vicks, and Nestle. Concurrently, Mr. Furuta taught graduate-level courses in design at the City Unive Read more…
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2015-03-22