Karl Lagerfeld

Satirical sketch ‘Tendance Culture en lisant l'Express’

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Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019)

Satirical sketch "Tendence Culture en lisant l'Express"

Annotated with texts

Pen, gouache, felt pen, tippex, collage on paper

29,3 x 20,7 cm ; 11 ½ x 8 ¼ in.

Sotheby's Paris, KARL, Karl Lagerfeld’s Estate V, Le Studio, 31 january 2025, Lot 128

Karl Lagerfeld mocked the sanctimonious comments made by the Minister for Solidarity, Roseline Bachelot, by contrasting them with a brothel scene by Jean-Louis Forain shown at the Petit Palais during the retrospective devoted to this artist in 2011.

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