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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Broom, post: 9498578, member: 19942&quot;][ATTACH=full]448250[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448251[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448250[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448251[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448252[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448253[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448254[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448255[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448256[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448257[/ATTACH] <i>I was wondering if anyone had any insight on this one. Found in the UK, it appears to be an ink drawing measuring 30x42.5cm </i>(12”x16¾”) with hand-written text in German beneath, which is very difficult to decipher. <i>The text on the papers strewn on the floor is in Russian I think. Feels quite strong satirical artwork to me but I’ve made no progress on its origin. The signature looks like M Ryba but it all feels too early and too dark for Michael Ryba, the German cartoon artist. The text begins ‘</i>Die <i>Verzweíflung des genies’ ie. the despair of the genius and a very rough translation of the whole text is ‘</i>The despair of the genius does not receive the appropriate empathy, an outcome that’s not all down to the genius, good isn’t it. Which is even more regrettable as with this the power of the genius becomes humanised in a most unsatisfactory way. As I am the ?? representative of the species I absolutely won’t accept it. I sincerely hope I expressed myself clearly’.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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