Tiens c't'idée! Le municipal qui boit un coup...

1841

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows two figures in the foreground. The figure on the left is leaning back, shirtless, wearing knee-length shorts, with disheveled hair. He has a surprised expression. On the right, the second figure is partially submerged in water, lying on his back with kicking legs. He wears long pants and a dark jacket, with curly hair. His left arm is raised above the water. In the background, smaller figures are in motion or seated near a body of water with stone or wooden structures. The setting has a sketched backdrop with simplistic outlines of structures and distant figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David E. Rust

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.7 x 25.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.6 x 36 cm (10 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.118.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 782, State iii/iv

  • Series Title

    Les Baigneurs [Delteil 760-790]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David E. Rust, Washington, D. C.; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: h.D; lower right in stone: 292; lower left below image in stone: Chez Bauger R. du Croissant 16.; lower right below image in stone: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.; upper center above image in stone: LES BAIGNEURS.; across bottom in stone: Tiens et' idée! le municipal qui boit un coup.....fallait donc le dire, on vous aurait payé queq'chose, guerrier! l'autorité qui se / rafraichit... ohé Gugusse...qui est ce qui repêche l'autorite?

Wikidata ID

Q75422273

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