Een kwajongensstreek 1894 - 1959

This lithograph titled 'Een kwajongensstreek', or 'A Boyish Prank', was created by Lamouche. The composition is organised into a grid of sequential panels, like a comic strip, with a clear narrative flow. Lamouche employs simple lines and flat colours, characteristic of popular illustrative styles. The panels depict a narrative involving mischievous boys and a fruit vendor, culminating in an overturned cart of fruit. The use of repetition – of figures, carts, and fruit – creates a rhythmic pattern across the image. Each panel functions as a sign, contributing to the overall story. The artist plays with notions of cause and effect, order and disorder. The sequential format invites us to decode the underlying structure of the prank, the visual layout guiding our understanding of the unfolding events. By breaking down the narrative into discrete units, Lamouche highlights the inherent structure of storytelling itself.