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Le Ventre Législatif (The Legislative Belly)

1843

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows a group of men sitting on curved benches in a legislative setting. The men are depicted in an exaggerated and caricaturized style, with a variety of facial expressions and poses. They are dressed in formal 19th-century suits and the setting features labeled sections and barriers.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)
Dimensions

sheet: 35.5 × 52 cm (14 × 20 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2015.143.1348
Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 131, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2018

Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

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: no. 131

Wikidata ID

Q77013257

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