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1836

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a painting of an orangutan enclosed behind bars in the upper part of the composition, while a crowd in colorful clothing stands below, looking up with various expressions. Among the crowd are individuals in vivid attire, including a figure dressed in a colorful robe, another in striped pants holding a hat, and others wearing formal hats. The expressions on their faces range from wide-eyed amazement to comedic dismay. This is in style of Honoré Daumier.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9365

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 320, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65021114

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