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Max Jacob (1876–1944) worked as a poet, painter and critic at the intersection of literature and the visual arts. Born in Quimper, he settled in Paris after studying law and began a lasting friendship with Picasso in 1901. Le Cornet à dés, published in 1917, is among his major books. His spiritual exploration also informs Le Laboratoire central and La Défense de Tartufe. His painting incorporates cubist and expressionist elements; gouache was one of his means of expression, as Frau mit Steinbock demonstrates. His visual practice thus accompanied his work as a writer. A Jewish convert to Catholicism, he was arrested in 1944 and interned at Drancy, where he died on 5 March before any deportation from France could take place.
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Schuler · Dobiaschofsky
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Gouache
Frau mit Steinbock
gouache
Catalogue period : 2022-09-23
Published result : 450 CHF
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Estimate : CHF 300–500
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"Annonce faite aux Bergers".
Tuschfeder
Date to be documented
Published result : 450 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300
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