Règle du Jeu de l’Affaire Dreyfus et de la Vérité [“The Rules of the Game of the Dreyfus Affair and the Truth”]
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 88
(DREYFUS AFFAIR)
Règle du Jeu de l’Affaire Dreyfus et de la Vérité [“The Rules of the Game of the Dreyfus Affair and the Truth”]
(1898)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,600
What appears to be a children’s board game is actually a highly sophisticated commentary on the intrigues of the Dreyfus Affair. According to Kleeblatt, the image of a maiden standing atop a well derives from the French saying, “Truth lies at the bottom of the well.” The maiden is dubbed in French, “La Vérité toute nue” (“The stark naked Truth”). See Kleeblatt, The Dreyfus Affair: Art, Truth and Justice (1987), p. 191, pl. 71