Summer 1966: “Satire is a sort of glass, wherin [sic] beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.“
...Jonathan Swift
Effective satire seems to retain its bite through decades - even centuries, which Goya, Daumier, Rouault and their fellow artists illustrate in this exhibition. 94 prints and drawings have been selected from the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Museum. Quality, as well as satirical content, was a criterium for selection. Artists of several countries are represented and span two centuries beginning with Hogarth’s Southwark Fair, engraved in 1735 and ending with Wunderlich’s Olivia Twist printed in this decade.
PEGGY BACON Amer. 1895-
1 Penguin Island 1926 dry point
Gift of the Estate of Louis E. Stern
2 The Patroness 1927 etching and dry point
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
MAX BECKMANN Ger. 1884-1950
3 The Beggars 1922 (Glaser 195) lithograph
Gift of Dr. F. H. Hirschland
4 Theatre Foyer 1922 (Glaser 188) lithograph
Gift of Dr. F. H. Hirschland
5 Woman With Peaked Bonnet 1928 (Glaser 137) dry point
MARCUS BEHMER Ger. 1879 -
6 The Flea Riders, from ”The Book of the Flea” 1926 etching
Gift of J. B. Neumann
7 Zadig, illustration No.2 etching
Anonymous Gift
HENRY WILLIAM BUNBURY Eng. 1750-1811
8 A Hail Storm etching, colored by band
WILHELM BUSCH Ger. 1832-1908
9 St. Anthony of Padua Plates I-VI wood engravings
A. Augustus Healy Fund
PAUL CADMUS Amer. 1904-
10 Stewart’s 1934 etching
Gift of the artist
CHAM (Amedee C.H. de Noe) Fr. 1819-1879
11 The American Game ca. 1862 lithograph
Frederick Loeser Fund
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK Eng. 1792-1878
12 Ancient Military Dandies of 1450-Modern Military Dandies of 1819 1819 (Cohn 884, only state) etching, colored by hand
13 An Election Ball 1813 (Cohn 1083, only state) etching, colored by hand
14 Foggy Weather 1819 (Cohn 1116, only state) etching, colored by hand
15 An Interesting Scene, on Board an East Indiaman 1818 (Cohn 1238, only state) etching, colored by hand
16 Les Graces. Inconveniences in Quadrille Dancing 1817 (Cohn 1316, only state) etching, colored by hand
17 Monstrosities of 1816 1816 (Cohn 1747, second state of three) etching, colored by hand
18 Monstrosities of 1818 1818 (Cohn 1749, second state of three) etching, colored by hand
19 Monstrosities of 1819 1819 (Cohn 1750, second state of three) etching, colored by hand
20 Monstrosities of 1822 1822 (Cohn 1752, second state of three) etching, colored by hand
21 A Party of Pleasure 1822 (Cohn 1828) etching, colored by hand
JOSÉ LUIS CUEVAS Mex. 1933-
22 The Dwarf 1956 ink
Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund
HONORÉ DAUMIER Fr. 1808-1879
23 Masks of 1831 1832 (Delteil 42) lithograph
A . Augustus Healy Fund
24 Ch. Guillaume Etienne 1833 (Delteil 57) lithograph
Anonymous Gift
25 The Legislative Belly 1834 (Delteil 131) lithograph
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
26 Very Haughty and Very Mighty Legitimist Brats 1834 (Delteil 132) lithograph
Frank L. Babbott Fund
27 Parasite 1841 (Delteil 830) lithograph
A. Augustus Healy Fund
28 Appreciative Travelers on a Third Class Train 1856 (Delteil 2824) lithograph
A. Augustus Healy Fund
29 The Four-Sou Baths 1858 (Delteil 2866, second state) lithograph
Carll H. De Silver Fund
30 Madeleine-Bastille 1862 (Delteil 3243, third state of four) lithograph
Charles Stewart Smith Memorial and Frank L. Babbott Funds
31 Sunday in the Botanical Gardens 1862 (Delteil 3244, second state) lithograph
Frank L. Babbott Fund
32 Nadar Raising Photography to the Level of Art 1862 (Delteil 3248) lithograph
Frank L. Babbott Fund
ADOLF DEHN Amer. 1895-
33 All for a Piece of Meat 1928 lithograph
Gift of Mrs. Albert de Silver
OTTO DIX Ger. 1891-
34 Card Players 1920 dry point
Gift of Dr. F.H. Hirschland
35 American Riders 1925 dry point
Gift of Dr. F.H. Hirschland
36 Sailors 1932 dry point
Gift of the Estate of Louis F. Stern
WILL DYSON
37 Sorry, Mr. Smith... dry point
Gift of Ferargil Galleries
CONRAD FELIX-MÜLLER Ger. 1897-1949
38 Portrait of Otto Dix etching
Gift of the Estate of Louis E. Stern
U. GAUDISSART Fr. 19th century
39 My Aunt Urlurette (Napoleon and Marquis d’Uigrefeuille) 1815 etching, colored by hand
Bequest of Marion Reilly
JAMES GILLRAY Eng. 1757-1815
40 The Affrighted Centaur and Lion Britannique 1799 etching
Gift of Marion Cutter
FRANCISCO GOYA Sp. 1746-1828
LOS CAPRICHOS 1792-1799 80 plates. Aquatint and Etching (Delteil 38-117)
A. Augustus Healy Fund and Others
41 This Indeed is Reading Plate 29 (Delteil 66, first state of two)
42 Bravissimo! Plate 38 (Delteil 75, first state of three)
43 As far back as his grandfather Plate 39 (Delteil 76, first state of two)
44 Neither More Nor Less Plate 41 (Delteil 78, second state of three)
45 Homage to the Teacher Plate 47 (Delteil 84, second state of three)
46 The Chinchilla Rate Plate 50 (Delteil 87, second state of three)
47 Swallow that, you dog! Plate 58 (Delteil 95, second state of four)
WILLIAM GROPPER Amer. 1897-
48 Senators, lithograph
Gift of the Estate of Louis E. Stern
RUDOLPH GROSSMANN Ger. 1882-1941
49 Man With Kettle Drums dry point, colored by hand
GEORGE GROSZ Amer. 1893-1959
50 On the Street 1921-1922 lithograph
Gift of Dr. F.H. Hirschland
51 The Rising Generation 1922 lithograph
Gift of Dr. F.H. Hirschland
WILLIAM HOGARTH Eng. 1697-1764
Prints by Hogarth are from the Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett
52 His Levee 1735 (from the Rake’s Progress) engraving
53 Southwark Fair 1735 engraving
54 The Company of Undertakers 1736 etching and engraving
55 Scholars at a Lecture 1737 etching
56 The Distrest Poet 1740 engraving
57 Beer Street 1751 engraving
58 Gin Lane 1751 engraving
59 The Bench 1758 engraving
60 The Five Orders of the Perrigwigs 1761 etching and engraving
61 Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism. A Medley 1762 engraving
62 Canvassing for Votes 1762 engraving
PAUL KLEE Swiss 1879-1940
63 Virgin in Tree 1903 (Soby No.1) etching
Frank L. Babbott Fund
PAUL KLEINSCHMIDT Ger. 1883-
64 Woman Seated Before Mirror 1921 dry point
Gift of Dr. F.H. Hirschland
WALT KUHN Amer. 1877-1949
65 Five Untitled Sketches ink, crayon, and watercolor on postcards
Gift of Miss Brenda Kuhn
MAURICIO LASANSKY Amer. 1914-
66 Portrait of an Artist (Self Portrait) 1961 intaglio in color
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
MARIO MICOSSI Ital. 20th century
67 Fantasia di Liturgie Romaniche 1962 etching
Carll H. De Silver Fund
HERMAN PAUL Fr. 1865-1940
68 The Milliners 1894 lithograph
Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund
MICHAEL PONCE DE LEON Amer. 1922-
69 The Critic 1953 intaglio
Artist's proof and first impression from the edition Commissioned by The Brooklyn Museum for a critics’ luncheon, 1953
GEORGES ROUAULT Fr. 1871-1958
MISERERE 1922-1927 58 plates. etching, aquatint and heliogravure
Frank L. Babbott Fund
70 We think ourselves kings Plate VII
71 The society lady fancies she has a reserved seat in heaven Plate XVI
72 Emancipated woman, who has lost her way Plate XVII
73 The nobler the heart, the less stiff the collar Plate XLIX
LES RÉINCARNATIONS DU PÈRE UBU 1928 22 plates. etching
Henry L. Batterman Fund
74 Man in Pith Helmet
75 Man in Profile
76 Two Women in Profile
AUGUSTE ROUBILLE Fr. 1872 - (?)
Posters from the series, “Feuille de Caricatures Politiques” ca. 1904
Printed by A. Malverge, Paris.
Gift of D. Irving Mead
77 The Gracious Queen
78 Sir Paul Kruger
79 Nicolas II (Our little father; the Czar)
80 Der Kaiser
81 Abdul Hamid II (The Red Sultan)
82 M. Émile Loubet (President of France)
83 Humberto il Moustachu (King of Italy)
84 The Prince of Wales
85 Cleopold II, King of Belgium
THOMAS ROWLANDSON Eng. 1756-1827
86 Boney Turned Moralist 1814 etching, colored by hand
Bequest of Marion Reilly
GEORGE A. SALA Eng. 1828-1895
87 Great Exhibition - “Wot is to be” 1850 28 continuous pages lithographs, colored by hand
Published by The Committee of the Society for Keeping Things in Their Places
IVAN TEREBENEFF Russian 1780-1815
88 Napoleon’s Winter Quarters ca. 1812 etching, colored by hand
Bequest of Marion Reilly
HENRI DE TOULOUSE LAUTREC Fr. 1864-1901
89 The Loge at the Mascaron Dore 1893 (Program for “Le Missionnaire’) (Delteil 16, second state) lithograph
UNKNOWN ARTIST Amer. 19th century
90 The Doctors 1841 (from “The People’s Almanac of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge”) wood engraving published by S.N. Dickinson Boston
UNKNOWN ARTIST Eng. 19th century
91 Portrait of George Cruikshank pencil
FÉLIX VALLOTTON Swiss 1865-1925
92 The Manifestation 1893 (Godefroy 109) woodcut
Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund
J.M[.] VOLTZ Ger. 1784-1858
93 Napoleon 1814 lithograph in color after a German caricature published by Rudolph Ackermann, London
Bequest of Marion Reilly
PAUL WUNDERLICH Ger. 1927-
94 Olivia Twist lithograph
Carll H. De Silver Fund
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1953 - 1970. 1966, 008-15.
