Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 print : wood engraving, b&w; 45 x 35 cm.

Summary

1. Comic strip in twelve drawings, published in the periodical Münchener Bilderbogen, depicting the misadventures of Pierrot at a masked ball. Wearing his iconic white clown suit trimmed with a ruff and pompoms, a black half-mask obscuring his face, Pierrot sprints athletically through the scenes, causing havoc among the elegantly dressed guests, waiters, and musicians. Each scene is accompanied by a rhymed couplet in German.

Uniform title

1. Münchener Bilderbogen.

Subject

1. Pierrot (Fictitious character) > Caricatures and cartoons
2. Masquerades > Caricatures and cartoons
3. Comics
4. Cartoons (Commentary)
5. Wood engravings

Genre/Form

1. Comics.
2. Cartoons (Commentary)
3. Wood engravings.

Call number

1. *MGZFY Meg L Sch 1

Note

1. Caption title.
2. Signed on matrix at lower right.
3. At top right: 748.
4. At bottom center: Nro. 748.

Biography (note)

1. The German illustrator and writer Lothar Meggendorfer, 1847-1925, was known for his pop-up books as well as his humorous drawings. He contributed to the bi-weekly Münchener Bilderbogen beginning in 1868.
2. The character Pierrot, who probably originated in the Italian commedia dell'arte, first became popular in seventeenth-century France. Over the centuries his persona has acquired many dimensions, notably that of the sad clown. This comic strip, however, emphasizes his buffoonish side.

Author

1. Meggendorfer, Lothar. Artist

Title

1. Schneider Zwick auf dem Maskenball [graphic] / L. Meggendorfer.

Imprint

1. München : Braun & Schneider, [186-? or later]

Biography

1. The German illustrator and writer Lothar Meggendorfer, 1847-1925, was known for his pop-up books as well as his humorous drawings. He contributed to the bi-weekly Münchener Bilderbogen beginning in 1868.
2. The character Pierrot, who probably originated in the Italian commedia dell'arte, first became popular in seventeenth-century France. Over the centuries his persona has acquired many dimensions, notably that of the sad clown. This comic strip, however, emphasizes his buffoonish side.

Local note

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added title

1. Münchener Bilderbogen.

Research call number

1. *MGZFY Meg L Sch 1