Adélaide...Adélaide...il me semble que je vois deja venir la comète !!...

published 1857

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image features two figures in full body. On the left, a person leans forward, holding a candle in a holder. This person has an elongated face with high cheekbones and wears a nightcap and loose, simple clothing. On the right, a second person is slightly bent over, looking through a telescope. This figure's facial features include sharp, pronounced lines and a focused expression, with a tall, pointed hat on their head. They wear tight-fitting clothing and hold a telescope aimed toward an open window showing a night sky dotted with small stars. The background shows the framed, open window with a railing outside, in an interior space dimly illuminated by candlelight.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.8 x 26.5 cm (8 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.8 x 34.6 cm (10 9/16 x 13 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.62.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 2935, State ii/iii (printer's proof)

  • Series Title

    Croquis Parisiens

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.

1989

  • Lewis, R.E. Daumier Proofs for Le Charivari. Larkspur Landing, California, 1989: 9/89, no. 20.

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: CROQUIS PARISIENS.; lower left in plate: h.D. / MouMartinet,172,r.Rivoli et41,r.Vivienne.; lower right in plate: 30 / Lith.Destouches,28,r.Paradis Pre Paris.; lower center in plate: -Adel; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D.2935ii(ofiii) / 13HD28 aide...Adelaide.....il me semble que je vois deja venir la comete!!...-Ah ! mon Dieu....deja la fin du monde....on nous avait pourtant promis que ca ne serait que le 13 juin !...; bR //stamped: DEPOT LEGAL / Seine / No. / 1857.; bR //by later hand over stamp in graphite: 90[illegiable]; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D.2935ii(ofiii) / 13HD28

Wikidata ID

Q74884068

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