ça n'est rien Éléonore...ca n'est rien...

published 1857

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image depicts two individuals, a man and a woman, caught in a storm. The woman has distinct facial features and tied hair, wearing a long dress with a scarf. The man has exaggerated features, wild hair, and holds an umbrella. The woman's dress and the man's coat have bold lines indicating wind. The man is holding his hat in one hand. In the background, heavy rain is depicted, with faint outlines of buildings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.4 x 26 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.5 x 35 cm (10 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.62.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 2946, State ii (printer's proof)

  • Series Title

    Croquis Parisiens: pl. 34

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. 22.

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: CROQUIS PARISIENS; upper right in plate: 34; lower left in plate: h.D. / monMartinet,172,r. Rivoli et 41,r. Vivienne.; lower right in plate: 43 / Lith.Destouches, 28,r.Paradis Pre Paris; lCp//: /Ca n'est rien Eleonore...., ca n'est rien....c'est un grain...ca nous annonce l'arrivee du pr intemps !...; bR //stamped: DEPOT LEGAL / Seine / No. / 1856; bR //by later hand over stamp in graphite: 1708; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 2946 ii / 13HD31

Wikidata ID

Q74884071

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