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Un monsieur qui voulu étudier ... les moeurs ... des abeilles

1845

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows a man running forward with his head down and hands covering his face. He is wearing a dark knee-length coat, trousers, and shoes. The background includes abstractly drawn trees and a large, straw-covered beehive.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

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

2015.143.986
Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 1393, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q77011089

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