Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) - Lot 308

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) Family of miners. 1893. Preparatory drawing for the lithograph (under the pseudonym Petit Pierre) L'Attentat du Pas-de-Calais (1893, Crauzat 130). Blue pencil on cream wove paper [327 x 363]. Dedicated in red pencil lower right "to Albert Kleinmann / his friend" and signed. Heavy oxidation at the opening of the mount. Epidermal scaling and remnants of old mounting at edges, with small lack at left. Verso, another drawing (gendarme and character sketches), preparatory to the lithograph (under the pseudonym Petit Pierre) L'Épouvantail bourgeois (1893, Crauzat 131). Provenance: Michel Romand (1929-2013), great-grandson of Edmond Sagot (1857-1917). The lithograph L'Attentat du Pas-de-Calais was reproduced in color gillotage on the cover of Chambard socialiste, no. 1, 1st year, December 16, 1893, and that of L'Épouvantail bourgeois in the following issue, no. 2, December 23, 1893.