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Illusory Wealth: Victor Dubreuil’s Cryptic Currencies

Wednesday 25 January 2023 at 09:53

After supposedly stealing 500,000 francs from his bank, the mysterious Victor Dubreuil (b. 1842) turned up penniless in the United States and began to paint dazzling trompe l’oeil images of dollar bills. Once associated with counterfeiting and subject to seizures by the Treasury Department, these artworks are evaluated anew by Dorinda Evans, who considers Dubreuil’s unique anti-capitalist visions among the most daring and socially critical of his time.

Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/illusory-wealth