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Ascension de Jèsus-Christ

1840

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a drawing of clouds with feet emerging from the top of an arched frame and arrows pointing upwards from below. The composition shows a pair of feet and the hem of a garment at the top. The central part of the image is filled with voluminous clouds depicted in shades of grey. At the bottom of the arch, four arrows are pointed upwards. The artwork is presented in an arched format.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer)
Accession Number

2015.143.254
Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 794, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q77010750

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