Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) Oscar Wilde and Romain Coolus - "Raphaël" by Romain Coolus; "Salomé" by Oscar Wilde. (Program for the Théâtre de l'œuvre). 1896. Lithograph. [503x326mm]. Delteil 195; Wittrock 146; Aitken 80. Proof on thin ivory-glazed vellum, with the advertisement for La Revue encyclopédique and the text of the cast. Median horizontal and vertical folds with small hole in center. Tack holes in corners. A few small chips and tears at corners and edges. Full margins. Rare: 13 proofs in public collections according to Wittrock. The show was performed on February 11, 1896 at the Comédie Parisienne. Wilde's play Salomé was written in French and published in 1891. At the time Lautrec produced this program, the English author was serving a severe sentence of two years' hard labor and subsequent imprisonment, following his conviction on May 25, 1895.