Benedict Masson
Souvenirs de la Commune: ‘…la république ou la commune?…’
1870
Physical Qualities
Pen and ink and brush over graphite, Sheet: 310 × 212 mm. (12 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Léonce Rabillon
Object Number
1929.3.27 (20 of 28)
Two men laying bricks for a wall: one kneels on the ground and holds a pick; the other is standing with a trowel in his hand.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1929; Léonce Rabillon, Jr., Baltimore, by inheritance, 1886; Léonce Rabillon
Inscribed: RECTO: BC, ink, 'dis-donc Jean-Pierre, quoi qu' t'aime mieux, La/République ou la Commune? [Illegible], j'aimais/mieux une truelle au Sas, bien serrée!'; LRQ, ink, 'BM'; BRC, ink, '20'.
