Lot 191
Anti-Semitic Poster – Alfred Dreyfus – "Monstrosity Exhibition"
Poster no. 6 out of the series Musée des Horreurs ["Monstrosity exhibition" / " Museum of Horrors"], Paris, [1899-1900]. French.
Lithographic illustration, colored by hand, portraying Alfred Dreyfus as a monster with a dragon's body and snakes' heads. A sword is stuck in the dragon's body, and on it a note: "Le Traitre" [the traitor!, French].
Signed in the plate V. Lenepveu (most probably a pseudonym of the artist who illustrated the poster).
The poster series "Monstrosity Exhibition" was published during the Dreyfus affair and consisted of 51 against pro-Dreyfusars. The distribution of the posters was halted by the French Ministry of Interior several months later.
Approx. 47.5X64 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases and some stains. Restored tears at bottom. Framed: approx. 59.5X75.5 cm. Unexamined out of frame.
