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Creation Date
1880
Geography
Munich, Germany (original)
Culture
German (original)
Medium
Chromolithograph
Dimensions
With frame: 15 1/8 × 19 3/16 × 7/8 in. (38.4 × 48.7 × 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.20
Provenance
According to Professor Sarah Blick, this print was purchased by Boris Blick from an antique dealer in Akron, Ohio, likely Stagecoach Antiques (now closed).
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Paper glued to back of frame: "THE HARD BARGAIN / FROM THE ENGRAVING / BY FLACHENEKKER, MUNICH."
Creator Biography
Possibly Ferdinand Wolfgang Flachenekker, German, 1792–1847 (original engraver).
Description
In a modest room, three men sit around a table on which documents rest, ready to be signed. The man in the middle gestures persuasively towards the man on the right, dressed in a red cap, who appears to be deep in thought. A woman lingers by the doorway, holding a child with one arm and placing a hand on her husband's shoulder as she looks over the scene.