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This is a drawing of a man with a rifle breaking a tool. The image features a man in a white shirt and blue trousers, breaking a wooden object with a rifle. The text around the image includes the phrase "A BAS LE PROGRÈS." The drawing has a soft, sepia-toned background, with the man's clothing color and the rifle in muted shades. The artist's signature and some additional text are present. The overall tone of the drawing conveys resistance or protest against advancement or change.
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This is a drawing of a man with a rifle breaking a tool. The image features a man in a white shirt and blue trousers, breaking a wooden object with a rifle. The text around the image includes the phrase "A BAS LE PROGRÈS." The drawing has a soft, sepia-toned background, with the man's clothing color and the rifle in muted shades. The artist's signature and some additional text are present. The overall tone of the drawing conveys resistance or protest against advancement or change.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Bas Le Progrès!

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

Date
1894
Medium
3-color lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 32.5 x 24.9 cm (12 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1995.76.29
Credit line
Gift of The Atlas Foundation
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Théâtre Libre

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • amusement
  • genre
  • male
  • figure
  • lithograph
  • Soldier
  • social criticism
  • Theater program
  • Laborer
  • Revolt
Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

lower left in stone: H G. Ibels; center in stone: A BAS LE PROGRES! / Edmond de Goncourt... / Chez Mr + Mme Frantz Jourdain / le Mercredi 25 Avril 1894; by later hand, upper left in graphite: 60

NGA object ID 93867. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.