Henri De Toulouse - Lautrec Hanging Man (Le Pendu) 1895 RARE
Item History & Price
Lautrec designed this poster for his hometown newspaper, La Dépêche de Toulouse.
Hanging Man was commissioned to publicize Les Drames de Toulouse, novelized accounts of three sensational
moments in the city’s history, including the Calas case of the 1760s, a tale of family estrangement, wrongful accusation,
assumed filicide, suicide, religious intolerance, execution, and redemption that came too late.
Depicted here is the macabre momen...t, dramatically illuminated by candlelight, when Jean Calas discovers the body of
his son.
Measures 12 x 9.5
Please see condition notes above
Hanging Man was commissioned to publicize Les Drames de Toulouse, novelized accounts of three sensational
moments in the city’s history, including the Calas case of the 1760s, a tale of family estrangement, wrongful accusation,
assumed filicide, suicide, religious intolerance, execution, and redemption that came too late.
Depicted here is the macabre momen...t, dramatically illuminated by candlelight, when Jean Calas discovers the body of
his son.
Measures 12 x 9.5
Please see condition notes above
