Alphonse Allais - List of works
First Communion of Anaemic Young Girls in the Snow, 1883
Apoplectic Cardinals Harvesting Tomatoes on the Shore of the Red Sea (Study of the Aurora Borealis), 1884
Band of Greyfriars in the Fog (Band Of Dusty Drunks In The Fog), 1884
Negroes Fighting in a Tunnel by Night, 1884
The Awe of Navy Recruits Seeing for the First Time Your Blue, O Mediterranean Sea!, 1884
Jaundiced Cuckolds Handling Ochre, 1884
Some Pimps, Known as Green Backs, on their Bellies in the Grass, Drinking Absinthe, 1884
Allais was a humorist, not a scam artist.
The $30 million monstrosity shown in post #21 was the product of sick minds, both of the artist (Jean-Michel Basquiat) and those who paid money for the painting. The rest of his body of work is just as hideous.
I have heard on more than one occasion that the reason for such outrageous sale prices is the facilitation of money laundering.
I really do like the “Dogs Playing Poker” series, both for the quality of the work and the whimsical subject matter. At least a few of the originals have sold in the mid to high 6-figure price range and well worth it, considering.
Also, see Jessie Waters at the “Art Basel” show...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7p24P0j6ac