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The Sciapodes: 'The head as low as possible, that is the secret of happiness!'

The Sciapodes: 'The head as low as possible, that is the secret of happiness!'
(Les Sciapodes: La Tête le plus bas possible, c'est le secret du bonheur!)
1889
plate 6 from the À Gustave Flaubert: Six Dessins pour La Tentation de Saint-Antoine (For Gustave Flaubert: Six drawings for The Temptation of Saint Anthony) portfolio, 1889

Medium
lithograph on chine collé
Measurements
27.7 × 21.3 cm (image) 44.9 × 31.5 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Mellerio 100
Edition
proof before letters
Printing/Publishing
printed by Becquet
Accession Number
P8-1988
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1988
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Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Fantasy Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
black (colour) creatures dark (colour attribute) heads (animal components) legendary beings portfolios (groups of works) shading texture (artistic concept)