Ball of the Incoherents

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Artist

Name:: Neumont, Maurice
Dates:: 1868-1930
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Catalogue illustré de l'exposition des arts incohérents
Author:: Anonymous
Publisher:: Paris: E. Bernard et Cie., 1884
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Description:

Poster advertising the masked ball of the Incoherents and showing dancers and clownish or carnival-like figures hanging from a street lamp, suspended on strings like puppets.
The slogan reads in the original French: Bal des Incohérents.

This lithograph is dated 1892 and is possibly a later addition, inserted or pasted by the book owner. The first ball of the Incoherents took place in 1885.

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{{cite web | title=Ball of the Incoherents | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/incoherent-ball/ | author=Neumont, Maurice | year=1884 | access-date=May 25, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}