Original lithograph printed in four colors (olive-green, blue, red, and black) on two sheets of wove poster paper. Signed with the artist's monogram device and dated lower left. An impression of Wittrock's state C (of D) with the text added to the stone. Commissioned by La Revue Blanche as their annual poster for 1896. Printed by Edward Ancourt.

Dimensions: 50 1/2" x 37"
Catalogue reference: Delteil 355, Adhémar 115, Wittrock P16

La Revue Blanche was an eclectic journal of arts and letters founded in December 1889 by the Natanson brothers (Alexandre, Louis-Alfred, and Thadée) and the poet Paul Leclercq. The periodical was distinguished by its left-wing political slant and ribald, avant-garde fiction and illustration. The circle of contributors soon included the writers Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Valéry, Alfred Jarry, Emile Zola, Marcel Proust and the young Colette, and the painters Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard and Félix Vallotton.

Misia Natanson, Thadée's wife, is shown ice skating on this poster designed by Lautrec. Misia was the "muse" at the center of a constellation of Paris's most avant-garde intellectuals. Vuillard was in love with her, Lautrec infatuated. Verlaine and Mallarmé wrote poems to her; Renoir, Bonnard and Lautrec painted her portrait. Lautrec's portrayal of her, turned out in a magnificent costume, gliding swiftly on unseen ice skates, effectively conveys her sophisticated presence.