Jun 17 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2709 -

Sale 2709 - Lot 233

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
RAOUL BARRÉ (1874 - 1932)
12 sheets of sequential cartoons, "Le Flair."

Pen and ink on paper, circa 1910. Various sizes ranging from 301x260 mm; 11⅞x10¼ inches to 343x257 mm; 13½x10&fraac18 inches. Signed in the lower right image of the final sheet. Title written in pen on the first sheet; captions written in pen on each sheet, in French.
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The gag roughly translates to the following: A man comes home to find his wife's cousin's dog outside. He lets himself in and is pleasantly surprised to see his the cousin is visiting. The cousin says his dog has a strong sense of smell and demonstrates this by letting the dog smell his hand to retrieve the last thing he touched. While the man's wife and cousin flirt behind the man's back, the dog fetches the wife's undergarments to the shock of everyone. Irate, the husband chases the cousin away while the wife faints in shame. The cousin walks home, angry at his dog who follows him, still carrying the wife's undergarments. All the people he passes on the street stare and laugh. The cousin realizes what's happening and shouts, "Again??!"

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