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“Hascheln! Habts Acht! …”

Auction 68 · Lot 98

“Hascheln! Habts Acht! …”

Estimate
$3,000–$5,000
Hammer price
$4,250

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(VIENNA).

Place

Vienna, 1848

Description

Watercolor and pen-and-ink. Captioned below in manuscript.

summary

The Jewish National Guard during the Vienna Uprising of the Austrian Revolution of 1848. Here they are cynically portrayed being led by a flag entitled: “Profit.” See Eduard Fuchs, Die Juden in der Karikatur: Ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte (1921) p. 128.
Browned, few pinholes. 12.5 x 16 inches. (sheet size).
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