Lot n° 237
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Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859–1923) - Lot 237
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859–1923)
Poverty Under the Snow, 1894
Original lithograph, hand-colored (as issued), deluxe edition published by Édouard Kleinmann, Paris.
Monogrammed “P. P.” (Petit Pierre) in the stone in the center right, as issued; not hand-signed. Numbered “90” in pencil by the publisher, from a deluxe edition limited to 100 prints, of which only 40 (nos. 61–100) were color-stamped. Dry stamp of the publisher Éd. Kleinmann (Lugt 1573) in the lower left corner.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 45 × 41 cm (17.8 × 16.1 in.)
Image: 30.7 × 32.5 cm (12.1 × 12.8 in.)
Condition: Very good condition; a few handling creases and stains; unframed.
References: Crauzat, 134
A plate from the famous series of political lithographs created by Steinlen for *Le Chambard Socialiste*, an anarcho-syndicalist weekly to which he contributed from the very first issue, in December 1893, until July 1894. To protect himself from prosecution at the height of anti-anarchist repression, Steinlen signed these biting social satires with the pseudonym Petit Pierre—hence the “P. P.” monogram in the stone. An endless procession of poor people—men, women, and children of all ages—moves forward, shivering, beneath the falling snow; in the foreground, an old man lies motionless, the white blanket now his shroud. Reproduced in color on the front page of *Le Chambard Socialiste* No. 5, dated January 13, 1894. Alongside the newspaper’s print run, the publisher Édouard Kleinmann released a deluxe edition of each plate, identifiable by its dry stamp. These lithographs from *Le Chambard*, in which Steinlen’s compassion for the working class finds its most militant expression, have been compared to Daumier’s great political prints.
Original period print, 1894, deluxe edition colored by stencil, published by Éd. Kleinmann.
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