Jean-Louis FORAIN (1852-1931) Doux pays: L'Étoile des braves - M. Dupuy - La Dame - Qu'est-ce que tu cherches? - La Cireuse de bottes - La Vérité en marche, circa 1899 Six inks. Signed and captioned. Approx. 27 x 35 cm each - One 22 x 30 cm (La vérité en marche). These drawings, some with anti-Semitic overtones, were published in the Écho de Paris of March 19, 1899, April 23, 1899, December 10, 1899, March 18, 1900 and March 25, 1900, against the backdrop of the Dreyfus Affair. Jean-Louis Forain was one of the founders of Psst...! in 1898, along with Caran d'Ache. He contributed numerous illustrations to this anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semitic journal.
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€300 - €400
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€791
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Jean-Louis FORAIN (1852-1931)
Doux pays: L'Étoile des braves - M. Dupuy - La Dame - Qu'est-ce que tu cherches? - La Cireuse de bottes - La Vérité en marche, circa 1899
Six inks.
Signed and captioned.
Approx. 27 x 35 cm each - One 22 x 30 cm (La vérité en marche).
These drawings, some with anti-Semitic overtones, were published in the Écho de Paris of March 19, 1899, April 23, 1899, December 10, 1899, March 18, 1900 and March 25, 1900, against the backdrop of the Dreyfus Affair.
Jean-Louis Forain was one of the founders of Psst...! in 1898, along with Caran d'Ache. He contributed numerous illustrations to this anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semitic journal.
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