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Gordinne in Liège

1900?  Three broadsides apparently from Gordinne in Liège.  "Le Renard & la Cicogne, Fable de J. de La Fontaine."  No. 104.  €6.50 from Laur-art-collection, N.D. de Bordeville, France, through Ebay, March, '22.  A second copy and "Le Lion et le Moucheron," No. 127, for €3.25 each from "antikobjet 84200" through Ebay, Dec., '22. 

 

 

The artist has a good time with the contrast between small gnat and large lion!  Here is the more recent copy of FS:

 

Lovely presentation of the hunter and the cook, both of whom seem to know quite well what they are doing in the kitchen.  Though the paper is fragile, the artistic accomplishment here is of very high quality!  

Now here is the earlier-acquired copy of FS:

Notice now the addition here of a "Gordinne a Liege" at the bottom left -- and of the artist's signature in the last panel"L'amouche" or "C amouche."  It seems also that there are differences in color.  Did they come from the printer or from the last 120 years of wear and tear and sunshine?

I found one detail so impressive that I could not pass it by.  Catch the pose and attitude of the two characters in the second-to-last scene.