Bitter Regret
Ferdinand Freiherr von Reznicek
1908
Ferdinand Freiherr von Reznicek, a star illustrator for the famous satirical magazine Simplicissimus, serves up a slice of bourgeois drama with a humorous twist. A dapper gentleman in a pinstripe suit and bowler hat watches awkwardly as a woman in a white dress weeps into her hands at the washbasin. The title 'Bittere Reue' (Bitter Regret) sounds tragic, but the German caption below reveals a witty punchline about shame and soap, poking fun at the melodramatic tensions of everyday life in 1908.
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