L’antechrist perda sa couronne et mourra dans la solitude et la démence (The Antichrist Will Lose His Crown and Will Die in Loneliness and Insanity)

Henri Gabriel Ibels, L’antechrist perda sa couronne et mourra dans la solitude et la démence (The Antichrist Will Lose His Crown and Will Die in Loneliness and Insanity)

Henri Gabriel Ibels, artist

1867–1936

L’antechrist perda sa couronne et mourra dans la solitude et la démence (The Antichrist Will Lose His Crown and Will Die in Loneliness and Insanity), 1914

Where object was made: France

Material/technique: color lithograph

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 368 x 555 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 368 x 555 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 450 x 642 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 17 11/16 x 25 1/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in

Credit line: Gift of Eric G. Carlson in honor of Stephen, Diane, Erica, Emily, and Caitlin Goddard

Accession number: 2004.0161

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"Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard
In France, the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, received a large share of the blame for the outbreak of war. He was a popular target for wartime propaganda, appearing repeatedly in cartoons, lithographs for magazines, and even postcards. As long as Wilhelm’s distinctive mustache was present, the French viewer would have no problem reading even the most distorted figure as the hated Kaiser, a fact that many artists used to great effect.

The caption below this image of Wilhelm II stained with blood refers to the “Prophecy of the Monk Johannes,” a text allegedly written by a French monk in 1600 and published in Le Figaro in 1914 after it was “rediscovered.” These prophecies, which were translated into English and republished around the world, described the current situation in Europe in thinly veiled allegory and predicted the eventual outcome: the Antichrist, also known as Wilhelm II, would be defeated and his territory divided among the victors.