Print, Etching on Paper, Colored, MOYEN INFAILLIBLE DE DIRIGER LES BALLONS
Colored etching of a a comic character held aloft by a small balloon tied around his waist, which is tied to a pair of donkeys on the ground. The donkeys are pulling the balloon, while more clowns/jesters direct the donkeys and draw attention to the spectacle. Two verses in French below the image, around a small scene of cherubs and butterflies flying around a balloon decorated to look like the Earth. Part of a series.
"Se vend A Paris rue des Quatre-vents."
Created by
Vanessa Nagengast
Date Created
11/26/2014
Source
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
Art
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