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Alfred Schmidt

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Ink drawing of a stout man in a top hat with an umbrella, approached by two men on a crowded city street.

Hedebol, dressed in elegant clothes, a top hat, and carrying an umbrella, is accosted by Frenchmen (19th-20th century)

Pen-and-ink cartoon of frogs gathered around a giant fly in a roped enclosure, with mice, roosters and hens nearby.

The Last Fly

1913

Pen and ink caricature in two panels: a top-hatted man with a telephone, and a woman at a fruit and bread market stall.

The boring X

1931

Ink drawing of a stout man in a suit walking among grinning horned imps and a hairy troll under bare trees.

Honor to whom honor is due

1937

Ink caricature of men in hats gathered around a reclining man as a bearded surgeon in an apron holds a scalpel.

Pinstrup on the table is ready to try anything to become a minister

1928

Pen and ink drawing of a pale animal in a dark forest, with a woman carrying sticks and a child at the right edge.

In the Forest, Deep Inside

1933

Ink and wash drawing of a caricatured grandfather with a pipe greeting a child in a warmly furnished interior with hens.

Little Anker Kirkeby’s first visit to Grandfather Carstensen

1915

Pen drawing of comic figures in a rowboat tossed by waves, with a distant lighthouse on the horizon.

While we sail on the blue waves

1936

Pen drawing of a castle courtyard with officers, a stout man in a suit, costumed figures and three lions.

The Count and Countess of Rosenborg are welcomed by the castle’s residents

1914

Ink drawing of a woman and boy looking at a scarecrow in a military uniform in a wheat field.

Mother and son look at a scarecrow in uniform

1929

Seated man (19th-20th century)

Ink caricature of bowing uniformed men around a seated baby on a rug, with a stout nurse and toys at right.

The Promising Child

1927

Pen-and-ink caricature of bearded men gathered around a sleeping lion on a cushioned couch in an interior.

Yes, there she lies, the little princess!

1930

Man sitting with a piece of needlework

1882

Pen-and-ink caricature of townspeople picnicking and resting during a village parade with a crowd, soldiers and flags.

Resting during the historical parade in Snolderup

1934

Pen and ink caricature of a stout woman with a handbag and a formally dressed man offering her his arm.

Bülow offers Mrs. Lassen his arm

1920

Pencil drawing of flying waiters with sandwiches and beer, a boy with balloons, and a smiling sun licking its lips.

Waiters fly around with beer and sandwiches. The sun licks its lips hungrily

1935

Pen-and-ink drawing of children crowding a street gate and kiosk, holding papers and pencils, by Alfred Schmidt, 1933.

On the hunt for autographs

1933

Ink drawing of two elephants in wedding attire with top-hatted animal guests and a bald man reading a paper.

The two elephants are married, and the rest of the zoo animals attend as guests

1936

Pen-and-ink drawing of a crowded GARDEROBE cloakroom with an attendant, hanging coats, children and a man in a hat.

Here, Klude and Ben are welcomed

1931

Pen and ink caricature of exaggerated men in a bed, pulled at by monkey-like figures beneath, with a moon in a window.

Restless Dreams

1923

Pen and ink cartoon storyboard with numbered panels of caricatured men, an acrobat, a STOP sign and a cupid with harp.

Akrobat-Oh! eller Lyngsies Vise 2

1928

Ink caricature of a uniformed guard beside a police boat as a bearded man in a long coat walks past suited men in a hall.

The border guard is presented in Geneva

1924

Pen and ink caricature of a large-headed man at a railing beside a sphinx statue, with a small figure gripping a bar below.

The bond that broke

1917

Pencil sketch of a caricatured man with curling hair between two elegant women, with a windmill and vintage cars behind.

The octopus strolls along with two young ladies on his arm

1928

Pen and ink drawing of a farmyard scene with a large cow, pigs, geese, chickens, villagers and a photographer near a thatched

The Triumph of Science

1929

Pen drawing in two panels: a ragged fisherman with children and animals on the left, a prosperous family with a pig and chick

The Fisherman’s Joy

1929

Ink and charcoal caricature of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat smoking a pipe, hands in pockets, on tan paper.

With Fists and Good Humor

1904

Ink and wash drawing of zoo animals in top hats and mourning ribbons, with an elephant pulling a coffin in a basket.

Hagenbeck’s Funeral

1913

Pen and ink cartoon of anthropomorphic potato figures on a waterfront with a New York skyline and a uniformed official.

A sick potato family is expelled from New York

1914

Pen drawing of a kitchen with two women and a man, one woman seated eating beside a guitar, utensils on the wall.

The Food Lover 1935 or When You Have a Male House Assistant

1935

Line drawing of a modernist room with seated men, a servant with a tray, a child, a cat, a dog, and a birdcage by windows.

A Funkis Home

1933