Le Rêve de l'inventeur du fusil a aiguilles...

1866

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a drawing of a figure standing in a landscape. The figure has exaggerated features and seems confident. The background shows a barren land with various bodies scattered around. The image is in monochrome with sharp lines. The title hints at the invention of a weapon, possibly the needle gun, and its consequences, symbolized by the Day of the Dead association.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.571

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 3535, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1979

  • Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879, NGA, 1979, no. 94.

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, 453, fig.8.26, 454.

Wikidata ID

Q65508843

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