Le Grand Siècle de l’Affiche · The Masters
Caudieux
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · Colour lithograph poster, Paris, 1893, 1893
What it is
Toulouse-Lautrec drew the café-concert performer Caudieux in 1893 as a mass of forward motion — the body flung across the sheet, the footlights flattening him into silhouette.
Why it matters
The colour lithograph was pulled at Imprimerie Chaix, 20 rue Bergère, the Paris shop that printed much of the era's poster boom, and Lautrec's HTL monogram sits at lower right. Brush, crayon and spattered crachis give the surface its granular texture rather than flat commercial ink.
What to notice
Lautrec's café-concert comic Caudieux barrels across the stage, all bulk and momentum, signed with the artist's monogram.
For one decade, the street was the gallery.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Printer / house
- Imp. Chaix, 20 rue Bergère, Paris
- Format
- One-sheet
- Poster published
- Colour lithograph poster, Paris, 1893, 1893
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie · btv1b9012739g
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 40x60" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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