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The Sciapodes: 'The head as low as possible, that is the secret of happiness!'

The Sciapodes: 'The head as low as possible, that is the secret of happiness!'
(Les Sciapodes: La Tête le plus bas possible, c'est le secret du bonheur!)
1889
plate 6 from the À Gustave Flaubert: Six Dessins pour La Tentation de Saint-Antoine (For Gustave Flaubert: Six drawings for The Temptation of Saint Anthony) portfolio, 1889

Medium
lithograph on chine collé

Measurements
27.7 × 21.3 cm (image) 44.9 × 31.5 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1988

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Mellerio 100

Edition
proof before letters

Printing/Publishing
printed by Becquet

Accession Number
P8-1988

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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