Oui, ma chère, mon mari a ravalé ma dignité...

1849

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.6 x 19 cm (9 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 38 x 26 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.150.93

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 1922, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1991 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

across top printed: LES FEMMES SOCIALISTES. 5.; lower left plate: h.D.; lower right plate: 1312; below image, across bottom printed: Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse Imp. Aubert & C.ie / --Oui, ma chère, mon mari a ravalé ma dignité de femme jusqu'à me forcer ce matin à recoudre un bouton / de bretelle!........ / --Jour de ma vie, si un homme me forçait à travailler à sa culotte!.....; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 30 / 1922

Wikidata ID

Q74894120

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