Rue Transnonain, le 15 avril 1834

1834

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows a man lying on his back on the floor. He appears unconscious or lifeless, with closed eyes and a slack jaw. He has short, dark hair and is wearing a light-colored nightshirt. His left hand is exposed, palm up. The background shows a dimly lit interior space with a bed frame and mattress visible behind him. Another indistinct figure lies in the shaded area at the back.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.7 × 44.1 cm (11 5/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 36.4 × 55 cm (14 5/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2957

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 135, State only

  • Series Title

    L'Association mensuelle: pl. 24

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 99.

1968

  • L'Incisione Europea dal XV al XX Secolo, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1968. no. 236, repro.

1972

  • Lithography in the 19th Century: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1972-1973, no. 8, repro.

1979

  • Honoré Daumier 1808-1879, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 16, repro.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

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.

1995

  • Reff, Theodore, and Florence Valdès-Forain. Jean-Louis Forain: The Impressionist Years: The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Collection. Exh. cat. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; The Burrell Collection, Glasgow; Fondation de L'Hermitage, Lausanne; Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris. Memphis, 1995: 66, fig. 7.

  • Feldman, Edmund Burke. The Artist: A Social History. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, 1995: 112.

1996

  • Hults, Linda C. The Print in the Western World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 450, 457, 458, 754; fig.8.22, 450.

1997

  • Richler, Martha. National Gallery of Art, Washington: A World of Art. London, 1997: 122, fig. 21.

Wikidata ID

Q64957759

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