Barbé-Marbois

1835

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows a seated person from the waist up in a side profile view. The individual is leaning back in a chair with their arms resting in their lap and hands clasped. They have a prominent nose and a solemn facial expression, with dark, closely cropped hair. The person is dressed in a long, dark, loose-fitting garment that covers their body and laps over the edges of the chair. The chair has a high back and carved, spiral armrests. The person is wearing dark shoes with white socks or undersides of the trousers slightly visible below the chair. The background is plain with a soft gradient of shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2946

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 117, State ii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1979

  • Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879, NGA, 1979, no. 18.

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

Q64957729

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