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Daumier, Honoré (Marseille 1808 – Valmondois 1879). L’Unité Allemande. The roller of Mars levels out the dead, as there are Württembergers, Badensers, Bavarians, Hanoverans, Saxons, Hesses. Lithograph. (1870-71.) Monogrammed, otherwise as above. 22.2 x 18.1 cm.
Delteil 3831, III (of 3) with ills. of this state. – Careful impression on better paper without the text on the back and the “Actualité” series title.
Worked in the great style of the last years, omitting all material and “accusing the wrong of the war in symbolic figures only” (Glaser).
Offer no. 13,385 / EUR 404. / export price EUR 384. (c. US$ 533.) + shipping
Also see “To the War of 1870-71”, Daumier’s great work of reconciliation
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