Centaur Carrying Off a Woman

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows swirling and curved lines creating an abstract composition. The lines converge to resemble a pair of figures entwined together, one with an arm extended upward. The background consists of additional abstract shapes and meandering lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with wash over crayon on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.4 x 21 cm (6 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3240

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Maison 1968, no. 747

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Maison, K.E. Honore Daumier: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings. 2 vols. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1968.

Inscriptions

in later hand, lower left in graphite: 28 x 24 1/2

Wikidata ID

Q64574404

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