T. Lux Feininger

The Frenchman

   

The Frenchman
The Frenchman Repro: art-archives.net
  • 1933, in Paris, Montparnasse
  • Oil on canvas
  • 22 12 × 15 38 inches(57 × 39 cm)

  • Inscr. not known

    TLF: destr. ... ahoi (futsch) [203]

    Destroyed by the artist
    Provenance: Photograph of the painting from the estate of the artist

  • [501 The attribution of the image needs verification.]

    ["The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale" by Joseph Conrad, 1907: The novel is based on a historical incident. On February 15, 1894, the Frenchman Martial Bourdin detonated a bomb outside the Royal Observatory in London's Greenwich Park. The 26-year-old man was the only person to die in the attack. Joseph Conrad saw the crime as a tragedy, above all because of its senselessness...]

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  • Themes:  Literature & Phantasies Ships-Sails Harbor & Sailors
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