Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Mademoiselle Pois Vert. 1895. Lithograph. 187 x 190 [397 x 515]. Delteil 126; Wittrock 122. Printed in dark olive green. Very fine proof on thin white vellum, covered with the red monogram stamp, then dedicated in ample pencil writing "to Nys", signed, annotated "Pois Vert / une des maîtresses du maître", carefully washed, window-mounted. Dry stamp of Ed. Kleinmann (Lugt 1573) lower left and annotation "N° 9" in his hand in pencil. Full margins. Very rare. Edition of 25 proofs (13 in public collections, according to Wittrock). Provenance : Former collection of Gérard-Henri Gilbert (1879-1943), philatelic expert. The Nys family was close to the artist. There is a portrait of Mademoiselle Nys, dated 1899, oil on panel at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The work is dedicated "to the Nys family". The exact identity of the model, Mademoiselle Pois Vert, is unknown. Around her neck, she wears the black ribbon typical of café-concert singers.