Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Georges-Henri Manuel
1891
Georges-Henri Manuel
Gouache on cardboard
88 x 51 cm
Signed, inscribed & dated lower right: à G. H. Manuel HTLautrec 91
Dortu P. 377
Madeleine Grillaert Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son œuvre, Catalogue des peintures, aquarelles, monotypes…, 4 vol., New York, 1971.
Provenance
1Georges-Henri Manuel Paris • 1891 until at least 1914 Received as a gift from the artist; Exposition rétrospective de l'œuvre de H. de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris 1914, no. 57.
2Mme G.-H. Manuel Paris Paul Cassirer/Walter Feilchenfeldt-Archiv, Zurich, File regarding Toulouse-Lautrec, Georges-Henri Manuel.
3Weinberger Paris • 1930 File as above, n. (2).
4Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt for N. V. Amsterdamsche Kunsthandel Paul Cassirer & Co. Amsterdam & St. Gall • 1930–1942 Acquired from the above in December 1930, File as above (2). Dr. Feilchenfeldt kept operating the Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin, through its Amsterdam branch from November 1933, when he emigrated from Germany. At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, Dr. Feilchenfeldt was in Switzerland where he settled with his family.
5Emil Bührle Zurich • 19 May 1942 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above through the medium of Dr. Fritz Nathan, St. Gall, AStEGB, Inventory Card Toulouse-Lautrec, Georges-Henri Manuel, indicating Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt as the seller, and a purchase price of CHF 45.000 paid by Bührle; for the date of the purchase, and the mediation of Dr. Fritz Nathan AStEGB, Record concerning a visit of Dr. Fritz Nathan at Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon Bührle & Co., 19 May 1942, with handwritten annotation by Bührle regarding payment of the Toulouse-Lautrec. Whilst Dr. Feilchenfeldt was granted a permit to stay in Switzerland, he was denied a work permit and could, therefore, not act officially as an art dealer. Even when selling his own property, as in this case, Feilchenfeldt would rely upon colleagues such as Dr. Fritz Nathan as intermediaries for sales. Surviving correspondence shows that the painting, which had been brought to Switzerland at an unknown date before the war, was exhibited as a loan to the Kunstmuseum St. Gall prior to its sale, Paul Cassirer/Walter Feilchenfeldt-Archiv, Zurich, Letters from Konrad Peter Naegeli, Mayor of St. Gall, to Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, 17 September 1941 and 16 May 1942 (copies by courtesy of Konrad Feilchenfeldt, owner of the Ascona family papers, Ascona Ordner), the latter confirming release of the painting to Dr. Fritz Nathan. A Notebook 1940–1942 of Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt, kept in the Paul Cassirer/Walter Feilchenfeldt-Archiv, Zurich, contains various references to the painting and documents a sales price, received by Feilchenfeldt, of CHF 42.000.
6Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 105.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Madeleine Grillaert Dortu, Toulouse-Lautrec et son œuvre, Catalogue des peintures, aquarelles, monotypes…, 4 vol., New York, 1971.
Exhibitions
1892Exposition Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, rue Volnay • Paris • 1892.
1893Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants Pavillon de la Ville de Paris (Champs-Elysées) • 1893 no. 1245.
1914Exposition rétrospective de l'œuvre de H. de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) Galerie Manzi-Joyant • Paris • 1914 no. 57.
1931Exposition H. de Toulouse-Lautrec Musée des Arts décoratifs (Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan) • Paris • 1931 no. 74.
1933Französische Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts Kunsthaus Zurich • 1933 no. 91.
1933Schilderijen van Delacroix tot Cézanne en Vincent van Gogh Museum Boymans • Rotterdam • 1933–34 no. 81.
1934Französische Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts und van Gogh Kunsthalle Berne • 1934 no. 106.
1937The Post-Impressionists Bignou Gallery • New York • 1937 no. 7.
1937The 19th Century French Masters Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd. • London • 1937 no. 17.
1938Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam • 1938 no. 233.
1940Exposition d'Art FrançaisGalerie Aktuaryus • Zürich • 1940 no. 60.
1943Ausländische Kunst in Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 1943 no. 692.
1947Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Kunsthalle Basel • 1947 no. 200.
1947Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam • 1947 no 23.
1947Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) Palais des Beaux-Arts • Brussels • 1947 no. 23.
1950Europäische Kunst 13.–20. Jahrhundert aus Zürcher Sammlungen Kunsthaus Zurich • 1950 p. 30.
1958Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle Kunsthaus Zurich • 1958 no. 203.
1958Hauptwerke der Sammlung Emil Georg Bührle–Zürich Haus der Kunst • Munich • 1958–59 no. 159.
2010Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Die Sammlung Bührle zu Gast im Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2010 no. 105.
2011Toulouse-Lautrec e la Parigi della Belle Epoque Fondazione Magnani Rocca, Mamiano di Traversetolo (Parma) • 2011 pp. 94–95.
2017Il mondo fuggevole di Toulouse-Lautrec Palazzo Reale • Milan • 2017–2018 p. 156.
2019La Collection Emil BührleMusée Maillol • Paris • 2019 no. 27.
References
1920Gustave Coquiot Les indépendants (1884–1920) Paris • 31920 • p. 17.
1921Gustave Coquiot Toulouse-Lautrec ou Quinze ans de mœurs parisiennes 1885–1900 Paris • 1921 • p. 209.
1923Gustave Coquiot Toulouse-Lautrec Berlin • 1923 • p. 56.
1925Achille Astre H. de Toulouse-Lautrec Paris • 1925 • p. 82.
1926Maurice Joyant Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864–1901 vol. 1 • Peintre • Paris • 1926 • pp. 142 (ill.), 270 • vol. 2 • Dessins, estampes, affiches • Paris • 1927 • p. 20 (2New York 1968).
1927Maurice Joyant «Toulouse-Lautrec» in L'Art et les Artistes(14) • 1927 • p. 158 (ill. right).
1934Pierre Mac Orlan Lautrec, Peintre de la lumière froide Paris • 1934 • p. 119 (21941).
1935Emile Schaub-Koch Psychanalyse d'un peintre moderne, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Paris • 1935 • p. 209.
1938Gerstle Mack Toulouse-Lautrec New York • 1938 • p. 268.
1939Jacques Lassaigne Toulouse-Lautrec Paris • 1939 • p. 64 (ill.).
1943Gotthard Jedlicka Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Erlenbach/Zurich • 21943 • p. 141 (ill.).
1946Fritz Nathan Zehn Jahre Tätigkeit in St. Gallen 1936–1946 St. Gall • 1946 • p. 48 (ill.).
1948Francis Jourdain Lautrec Lausanne • 1948 • fig. 18.
1948Walter Kern Toulouse-Lautrec Bern • 1948 • p. 27, fig. 18.
1953Jacques Lassaigne Lautrec, Etude biographique et critique Geneva • 1953 • p. 52 • (English edition: Lautrec, Biographical and Critical Studies • German edition: Lautrec, Biographisch-kritische Studie).
1955Edouard Julien Lautrec Paris • 1955 • fig. 28.
1961Dr. Fritz Nathan und Dr. Peter Nathan, 25 Jahre 1936–1961 Winterthur • 1961 • pp. 52–53 (ill.).
1969Giorgio Caproni • Gabriele Mandel Sugana L'opera completa di Toulouse-Lautrec Milan • 969 • fig. 14, no. 276 (ill.; 21977; German edition: Das Gesamtwerk von Toulouse-Lautrec, Lucerne etc. 1969 • Spanish edition: La obra pictórica completa de Toulouse-Lautrec, Barcelona 1970; 21988 • English edition: Gabriele Mandel Sugana, Denys Sutton, The Complete Paintings of Toulouse-Lautrec, London 1973 • French edition: Bruno Foucart, Gabriele Mandel Sugana, Tout l'œuvre peint de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris 1986, no. 374 [ill.]).
1969André Fermigier Toulouse-Lautrec Paris • 1969 • fig. 48.
1971Marcel G. Dortu Toulouse-Lautrec et son œuvre, Catalogue des peintures, aquarelles, monotypes, reliure, vitrail, céramique, dessins New York • 1971 • vol. 2 • no. P377 (ill.; German edition: Marcel G. Dortu, J. A. Méric, Toulouse-Laurec, Das Gesamtwerk, Frankfurt/M. etc. 1979).
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle • Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle • Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 95 (ill.; 21986).
1979Sophie Monneret L'Impressionnisme et son époque, Dictionnaire international illustré vol. 2 • Paris • 1979 • p. 311 (entry for Toulouse-Lautrec).
1987Toulouse-Lautrec (exh. cat.) • Fondation Pierre Gianadda • Martigny • 1987 • p. 113, entry for cat. no. 48.
1994Emil Maurer Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zürich Bern • 1994 • p. 30 (English edition: Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Bern 1995).
2004Lukas Gloor, Marco Goldin (ed.) Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol.3 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2004 • no. 153 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.) • Munich • 2021 • no. 92 (ill.).