Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The Simpson Chain. 1896. France. Color brush and spatter lithograph (poster) on tan wove paper with lettering by another hand 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
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The Simpson Chain. 1896. France. Color brush and spatter lithograph (poster) on tan wove paper with lettering by another hand 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.