Live auction - Lot 240
La multiplication des poissons.
1891
Hammer price: €
3.000
€ 3.000 / 4.000
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Lot description
Etching, 17,9 x 23,8 cm, Japan paper, plate signed and dated, pencil signed, dated and dedicated.
Under passe-partout and frame.
Christ showing a shredded fish to an indifferent crowd wearing costumes and brandishing 2 flags with the slogans "Fanfares doctrinaires. Toujours réussi" and "Alimentation doctrinaire". The man behind Christ in 19th-c. dress seems to be taking notes.
Ref. Taevernier 85. - Tricot 86.
Prov. Dedication to Emmanuel de Bom (1868-1953), Flemish author, journalist and librarian, Ostend, 21 September 1932: "Une multiplication des poissons contrôlée par des autorités muflées d'importance".