Un Hommage filial

1846

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows two people visible from the waist up. On the left is a child holding a piece of paper with a sketched figure on it, looking at a man on their right. The child has short, wavy hair and expressive facial features. The man beside the child is standing slightly bent forward, gazing at the drawing. He has a receding hairline with strands of hair remaining on the back and sides of his head, along with prominent eyebrows and a sharply defined nose. The man is dressed in a dark suit with a shirt underneath, with one hand holding a cloth. The child appears to be wearing a simple, dark top. The background consists of a lightly sketched shaded area encompassing the figures, which fades into what seems to be a backdrop of text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1979.49.95

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 1188, 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

Q65570023

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