The Dupe (Le dindon de la farce)

1894, George Manzana-Pissarro (1871 - 1961)

woodcut in black on laid paper on wove paper, 61.3 cm x 42 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

What is it?
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Context
printmaker
publisher
compiler album
writer preface

Object data

Object number
p1067V2000
Dimensions
61.3 cm x 42 cm, 32 cm x 29.1 cm, 21.4 cm x 22.6 cm
Catalogue raisonné
Stein & Karshan 53, Boyer & Cate 53, Baas & Field 60

Inscription/label

signature
Georges Pissarro
inscription
LE DINDON DE LA FARCE by Manzana-Pissarro, George, dit is één van Georges' eerste pogingen in de houtsnijtechniek, herkenbaar aan het feit dat de titel in spiegelbeeld is afgedrukt
blind embossing
ESTAMPE ORIGINALE by Charpentier, Alexandre-Louis-Marie, Lugt no. 819
number
92/3

Literature

  • by Donna M. Stein and Donald H. Karshan, L' Estampe Originale : a catalogue raisonné, 1970, no. 53
  • Jacquelynn Baas, Richard S. Field, The artistic revival of the woodcut in France : 1850-1900, 1984, p. 102-103
  • with essays by Patricia Eckert Boyer, Phillip Dennis Cate, l'Estampe originale : artistic printmaking in France 1893-1895, 1991, p. 53