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The Simpson Chain

A work made of color brush and spatter lithograph (poster) on tan wove paper with lettering by another hand.
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  • A work made of color brush and spatter lithograph (poster) on tan wove paper with lettering by another hand.

Date:

1896

Artist:

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French, 1864-1901

About this artwork

This poster represents Lautrec’s final design for an advertisement for a bicycle lever chain recently invented by the London manufacturer W. S. Simpson. Competitive cyclist Constant Huret rides a bicycle equipped with the device, speeding on to victory with its help. This poster sports a much more dynamic composition than the artist’s previous attempt, as well as a more realistic depiction of bicycles, despite the four- and five-seaters in the background.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Title

The Simpson Chain

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1896

Medium

Color brush and spatter lithograph (poster) on tan wove paper with lettering by another hand

Dimensions

Image: 81.5 × 119 cm (32 1/8 × 46 7/8 in.); Sheet, sight: 85.2 × 123 cm (33 9/16 × 48 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Gecht Family

Reference Number

2015.278

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