Le passé - Le présent - l'Avenir

1834

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows a caricature focusing on the upper body of a person. The individual is positioned facing forward with exaggerated head and facial features. The facial expression is stern, with squinted eyes, thick eyebrows, a bulbous nose, and a pronounced frown. The person is wearing a dark jacket with a white collared shirt and a cravat. The background is plain, and there are French words at the bottom of the image: "le passé," "le présent," and "l'avenir," which translate to "the past," "the present," and "the future."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2933

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 76, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    La Caricature: pl. 349

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 159.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 78.

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

Q64957693

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