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Collections

Joseph Traviès
Mélassecirca 1832

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Lithograph from 'La Caricature' journal showing a grotesque caricature figure with an enormous spherical torso labeled 'MÉLASSE' on spindly legs, surrounded by soldiers and civilians
Artist or Maker
Joseph Traviès
Title
Mélasse
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
circa 1832
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 14 3/8 in. (28.26 × 36.51 cm) Image: 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.15 × 26.35 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Curatorial Discretionary Fund
Accession Number
M.72.77
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Papanikolas, Theresa. Doctrinal Nourishment: Art and Anarchism in the Time of James Ensor. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2009.