Yvette Guilbert
SOLD October 2013 |
Vintage cabinet-card format photograph of Yvette Guilbert, the famous French cabaret singer and favorite subject of the artist Toulouse-Lautrec, by Chalot, Paris circa 1890. This image shows Guilbert in an iconic pose rendered famous by several of Lautrec's illustrations.
Some wear and scratches.
Compare the contemporary lithograph of Guilbert by Toulouse-Lautrec, published in Le Rire, 1894 (not included in lot):
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