Les Tritons de la Seine

1864

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows a collection of exaggerated human forms with large, distorted heads and elongated facial features. The figures are rendered in swirling, irregular lines. The oversized heads are reminiscent of caricatures. They appear to float or partially submerge in a liquid surface resembling a sea or lake. There is a small boat with two figures and one figure appearing to dive with legs in the air, suggesting boat riding and swimming.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3205

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 3314, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

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

Q64958261

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