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Seul costume ...approprié a ce personnage

1850

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows a character in a clown costume standing with arms slightly bent and hands open. The character has a painted smile, circular eyes, and wears a pointed hat, a clown-like collar, a buttoned tunic, and puffy pantaloons. Papers with titles like "MESSAGER DE LA SEMAINE," "LE NATIONAL DE 1830," and "CONSTITUTIONNEL DE 1850" are scattered below. The background contains text, including the word "ACTUALITÉS."

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

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

2015.143.1061
Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 2006, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q77011130

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