The Prodigal Son

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.4 x 42 cm (11 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3239

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Maison 1968, no. 758


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Aubry. (Maurice Gobin [1883-1962]). Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • Honoré Daumier, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1955, no cat.

1958

  • Honoré Daumier Anniversary Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1958.

1999

  • Daumier: 1808-1879, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no. 194, repro. (shown only in Ottawa).

Bibliography

1968

  • Maison, K.E. Honore Daumier: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings. 2 vols. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1968: no. 758.

Inscriptions

in later hand, center: Beugnier; lower right: KK 1047; center verso: Beugnier

Wikidata ID

Q64574403


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