About The Artist:
Pierre Donga
Donga was the pen name of the French cartoonist, painter, caricaturist and poster artist Pierre Duffourc. He was born in Bayonne in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France in 1908 as the son of a Spanish father. His early illustrations and caricatures appeared in magazines like Le Cyrano (1932) and Le Rire (1934). He was especially known for his political drawings and his illustrations of the major trials of the time....
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About The Medium:
Lithograph
A print created using flat stones or metal plates. The artist creates a lithograph by drawing an image directly onto the printing element using materials like lithograph crayons or special grease pencils. After this, the drawing is transferred from the plate to the paper in multiples. A lithograph will not have dots when examined with a magnifying glass.