Unnecessary Irritation

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Reznicek, Ferdinand von
Unnecessary Irritation

1908
Ink, opaque white and gouache over charcoal on paper
40.5 : 36.5 cm
Verso: Label of the Albert Langen publishing house (entitled “The Sisters”)

Published in:
Simplicissimus, 13/12 (1908), p. 215, with the following caption: “What a pity that we still do not have a zoological garden in Munich.” – “But ladies, that’s lucky! Why should the proletarians see how hygienically the animals live there and how rationally they are fed!”

Provenance:
– Albert Langen, Munich
– Gallery Heinemann, Munich
– F. Jenny-Dürst, Ziegelbrücke (Switzerland)
– Private collection

Exhibition:
Gedächtnis-Ausstellung: F. von Reznicek, Rudolf Wilke, Gallery Heinemann, Munich, July-August 1909, No. 9

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