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1838

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image features two individuals shown from the waist up, engaged in conversation. Both are facing each other in a side profile view. The person on the left has a narrow face with pronounced cheekbones and a pointed nose, wearing a large, tall, brimmed hat with vertical ridges. The person on the right has a rounder face with a wide smile and is wearing spectacles perched on their lower nose, also donning a similar hat. Their hair appears to be curly and puffed out underneath the hat. Both individuals are dressed in long, dark robes with high collars over light-colored garments. The person on the right has their hand on their chest, while the person on the left extends a hand towards the other, touching their robe. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1979.49.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 486, State iii/iii


Artwork history & notes

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65569714

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