Histoires naturelles

Label TextThis bestiary, full of wonderful naturalistic lithographs of animals which Toulouse- Lautrec had studied at the Paris zoo, is one of the finest illustrated books of its time. However, when it was published, it was virtually a financial failure as very few copies were sold; the edition did not sell out until 1917. On the cover, displayed here, is a silhouette of a fox.Published Referencescf. Garvey, Eleanor M., The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 304, repr.

cf. Castleman, Riva, A Century of Artists Books, New York, 1994, p. 118, reprs.

cf. Ray, Gordon N., The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 1700 to 1914, vol. II, New York, 1982, no. 382, repr.

cf. Wheeler, Monroe, Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators, New York, 1946, p. 111

cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 9

cf. Sims Reed, Circa 1900, London, 2001, cat. 170.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Illustrated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no. 81

Toledo Museum of Art, Don't Feed the Books: Birds, Bugs, and Bestiaries Featuring the Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, April 13-July 1, 2001.

Toledo Museum of Art, Strong Sensations: Impressionism and Symbolist Works on Paper, 1860-1900, April 23-June 20 2010 (no cat.).