Identification title(s): exterior of an auction house "la façade" (title on object). Object type: print magazine object number: rp-p-2015-26-1703-7. Description: eight people are standing on the sidewalk in front of the entrance to an auction house. On the left two men with hats, the left one revealing that his collection is being auctioned under the pseudonym of 'la duchesse de x. . '. In addition, a woman with her dog is stopped by the doorman. To the right of two stately women in hats, two shabbily dressed men are surprised at the high auction prices. The picture is part of a magazine. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous after a design by: emmanuel barcet (mentioned on object) printer: e. Victor. Place of manufacture: paris. Dated: may 20, 1905. Physical characteristics: color lithography. Material: paper technique: color lithography (process). Dimensions: top: h 317 mm × w 244 mm. Subject: what: art sale, auctioncaricatures (human types), political caricatures and satiresfaçade (of house or building). Credit line: bequest of mr s. Emmering, amsterdam. Acquisition: bequest 2000. Date: 20 May 1905.
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