“- Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time”

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“- Here, Eudoxie, take my bear skin... since from now on I will not have the pleasure any more to wear it, I give it to you to make a muff out of it... This way I have at least the satisfaction of seeing it from time to time”

Work Type: Print
Technique: リトグラフ
Year Created (image): 1848
Dimensions: 24.8 × 21.3 cm

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マルセイユの硝子職人の家に生まれ、少年時代からパリの石版印刷所で働きながら絵を学んだ。生活のために描き続けた風刺画が、結果として一つの新しい絵画言語を作った人だ。1830年代、国王ルイ・フィリップを巨大な腹で民衆を貪り食う怪物「ガルガンチュア」に見立てて描いた一枚は不敬罪に問われ、半年の禁固刑を科される。

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