Monsieur Coquelet... partage son... déjeuner, 1839

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series Title

La Journée du Célibataire

Medium

crayon lithograph in black on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 33.5 x 25.3 cm (13 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift in memory of Dr. Ruth B. Benedict by the Washington Print Club and Her Friends

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 609, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1995.68.3

Artists / Makers

Honoré Daumier (artist) French, 1808 - 1879

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in plate: LA JOURNEE DU CELIBATAIRE.; upper right in plate: 3; lower left in image in plate: hD; lower left below image in plate: Daumier Lith; lower center below image in plate: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.; lower right below image in plate: Edité par le Charivari rue du Croissant 16; across bottom in plate: Monsieur Coquelet resté celibataire par égoisme partage son frugal dejeuner avec Azor & Minette.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: L.D. 609; by later hand, lower right in graphite: HD 2000 / F / 21784; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: os 14 Set of 12

Provenance

Alberto Borletti; (David Carritt Limited, Artemis Group, London); NGA designated purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

David Carritt Limited, Artemis Group

Bibliography

1906: Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.