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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Cycle Michael 1896 lithograph 33.25 h x 48.25 w in (84 x 123 cm) "A friend of Paul Bernard (later known as Tristan), who was then director of the Buffalo (Neuilly) and Seine (Levallois) velodromes, [Toulouse-Lautrec] would install his squat frame in the infield, from where he would miss nothing of the cycling spectacle. Louis Bougle, known as Spoke, commissioned a poster to launch the Simpson chain-the reverse of the almost omnipresent system with teeth meshing into holes in the chain set. This remarkable first draft-200 copies of which were apparently printed unlettered-represented the diminutive Welsh prodigy Jimmy Michael slipstreaming during a training session, a toothpick clenched between his teeth, as was common practice at the time to help with swallowing and breathing during exertion. But Spoke turned the design down, on the ground that Lautrec didn't know how to draw a bicycle!" (Handlebars/Joystick, p. 50). Feinblatt points out that "a great number of these were destroyed by fire," making it one of his rarest posters today (Wagner, p. 30). Signed and numbered to lower left '75 T Lautrec'. This work is number 75 from the edition of 200 printed by Chaix, Paris. Literature: Wittrock, P25; Adriani, 188; DFP-II, 849; Wagner, 21; Sport a l'Affiche, 28; Handlebars/Joystick, 17; PAI-LXXIX, 61 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.