Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan (1885-1980). De openbare Terechtstellingen in Frankrijk. [In English : Public executions in France]. 1789 – „ Fiat Iustita” [sic]– 1909. Black grease pencil drawing heightened with white, signed lower right Jodaan’09. 1909. Dim : 33 x 25 cm. Under passe-partout.
Dutch cartoonist Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan has worked for a number of newspapers and magazines in the Netherlands, including Het Leven, De Groene Amsterdammer, het Parool and Vrij Nederland. He was also active as a film and theatre critic.
« Let justice be done ! » A striking early work about the French Revolution and the terror inspired by the implacable sans-culottes and their guillotine. The artist was only 24.
On the back, there is an academic drawing of an elderly woman in profile, on which the description of the drawing on the back has been written.
650 €