The Drowning Victim

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The Drowning Victim
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The Drowning Victim

Daten.d.
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 305 × 229 mm. (12 × 9 in.)
Image: 325 × 178 mm. (12 13/16 × 7 in.)
Credit LineThe George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object number1996.48.78
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
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This is a so called merchant, victim of his victims, crazy, squanderer and intriguing. He pays 1% to his creditors for 10 years, forgets about the past, does not care about the future, struts about the Bois de Boulogne with his yellow gloves, strolls along the boulevard des Italiens and theatre lobbies. He talks of honour and decency and calls his creditors thieves. He loves the pose of the political, industrial and moral victim and splashes the whole world.
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