Logic
French illustrator Fernand Louis Gottlob serves up a slice of social satire in this 1906 ink drawing titled 'Logique' (Logic). Two men—a weary worker and a bearded vagrant—sit on a hillside debating the merits of 'compulsory housing.' The dialogue reveals a sharp irony: while one man wishes for political power to enforce housing for the poor, the response cynically romanticizes homelessness as a 'green room' with an azure sky and a bird orchestra. It’s a witty, biting commentary on how society often dismisses the needs of the poor with flowery logic, typical of the sharp illustrative style of the Belle Époque.
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- Pen and ink drawing
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- Paper
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