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1840

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is an illustration of a person in front of a shop displaying corsets. The individual is wearing a tall hat and a long coat, standing with an umbrella tucked under their arm, looking at a shop window filled with various corsets. The shop window showcases an assortment of corsets, with the figure gazing in. The artwork features shading and fine lines for texture and depth, contrasting the dark attire of the person with the lighter corsets. The style is reminiscent of Honoré Daumier.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2970

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 711, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1979

  • Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879, NGA, 1979, no. 21, repro.

1999

  • Daumier: 1808-1879, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no. 86, repro. (shown only in Ottawa and Washington).

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

Q64957797

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