Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1865-1901) Miss May Belfort au Irish American bar, Rue Royale (?) (May Belfort at the Irish American bar, Rue Royale) Lithograph printed in olive green, 1895, on wove paper, from the edition of 25, published by Kleinmann, Paris (without Kleinmanns stamp or number which was added to only part of the edition) Subject: 33 x 26.3 cm Provenance: P. & D. Colnaghi. London, 1973 Literature: Delteil 123; Adhémar 124; Wittrock 119; Adriani 140 May Belfort was an Irish singer, actress and comedian who performed in the bars in Paris and was a friend of Toulouse-Lautrec. In the background with the tall hat is the familiar figure of Tom the coachman to the Rothschilds as well as Ralph the bar-keeper at the Irish American bar