Le Ventre Législatif (The Legislative Belly)

1834

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows a satirical drawing of a group of men in a legislative chamber. The men are depicted from the waist up, seated in several rows of benches. They have exaggerated facial features, varying hairstyles, and are dressed in 19th-century formal attire. Some hold papers. The scene is set in a semicircular hall with labeled rows, with figures in the background engaged in conversation or looking at documents.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.1 x 43.2 cm (11 1/16 x 17 in.)
    sheet: 36 x 52.2 cm (14 3/16 x 20 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2953

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 131, State only

  • Series Title

    L'Association mensuelle: pl. 18

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1931

  • Prints and Drawings Relating to Lawyers and the Law, organized for the 54th annual Convention of the American Bar Association, Atlantic City Auditorium, 1931, no. 106, repro.

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 162.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 97.

1966

  • Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1966.

1972

  • Lithography in the 19th Century: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1972-1973, no. 7.

1974

  • Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.

1979

  • Honoré Daumier 1808-1879, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 7, repro.

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

Q64957751

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