Un Plaideur peu satisfait

1846

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a drawing featuring two figures in a justice-related setting. One figure is pointing upwards while the other, wearing a robe and cap, looks down sternly. The background includes large stacked documents or signs with words like "VENTE," "ETUDE," "JUGEMENT," and "JUCE." The artwork is detailed, with monochrome colors and expressive line work. The title "Un plaideur peu satisfait" translates to "An unsatisfied pleader." It is a 19th-century political or judicial cartoon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.42

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 1362, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 100.

1979

  • Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879, NGA, 1979, no. 50.

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.

1996

  • Hults, Linda C. The Print in the Western World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 450-451, fig.8.23, 451.

Wikidata ID

Q65357022

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