Stamp: Atelier populaire, ex-Ecole des beaux-arts. From the Philippe Zoummeroff Collection of May 1968 Paris Counterculture.
Subject (Geographic):
France -- Politics and government -- 1958-1969 -- Posters
Subject (Topic):
College students -- France -- Paris -- Political activity -- Posters, General Strike, France, 1968 -- Posters, Political posters, French -- France -- Paris, and Protest movements -- France -- Paris -- Posters
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Manfred and Isabella shown full-length, standing on either side of the painting that is coming to life on the wall behind them. Both characters have startled looks on their faces and are drawing back in fear; the figure of Manfred's grandfather between them is stepping out of the frame, his right arm extended towards Manfred and his head also turned in that direction. Arched windows are seen in the background on the left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., Page reference written in ink below lower right corner of image: P. 23., and Bound in opposite page 23 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
