Un Quart d'heure après sa mort il était encore en vie (A Quarter of an Hour after His Death, He Was Still Alive)

1866

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a drawing of a scene featuring a group of caricatured figures in distress surrounding a shrouded figure on a bed marked with "LETTRE AU ROI." Above, there are flying creatures with labels such as "IMPUISSANCE" and "ALINEA," carrying signs or banners like "LA PRESSE UNE IDÉE PAR JOUR." The illustration includes text at the bottom stating "Un quart d'heure après sa mort il était encore en vie."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.6 × 41.8 cm (11 1/4 × 16 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.49.255

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 3486, State ii/ii

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. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q65570549

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