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Original pastel on paper, signed Alan Levy, the pseudonym used by French painter and illustrator Alphonse Lévy (1843-1918). The work, measuring 40 x 37 cm, shows a tavern scene between two men - probably a Muslim and a Jew - captured in a moment of complicity over a tankard. This composition reflects Alphonse Lévy's interest in cultural relations, particularly between Jewish and Muslim communities, which he observed in Alsace and Algeria.
Finely executed in pastel on tinted paper, the scene highlights the warm expressions of the characters through a masterful play of light. The whole bears witness to a human eye, attached to the bonds of everyday life.
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