Zola - 32 Caricatures de Lebourgeois.

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(DREYFUS AFFAIR).

printer

E. Bernard et Cie

Place

Paris

Publication

1898

Description

32 lithographed plates, measuring 63/4 x 10 inches. Loose as issued in original portfolio, with ties.

summary

After Emile Zola came to the defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in his famous "J'Accuse," the anti-Dreyfus camp, composed of rabid anti-Semites, pounced upon Zola, portraying him in the most extreme terms. A prime example of this vilification campaign is the present scarce collection of plates by the caricaturist H. Lebourgeois. See J.M. Guieu, "Les Caricatures Antidreyfusardes de H. Lebourgeois" in: Mimesis et Semiosis: Litterature et representation (1992) pp. 435-46.

Lg. 4to.

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