Inconvénient... des domestiques qui ont servi chez M. Duprez

1850

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image depicts a man and a woman. The man is seated at a keyboard instrument, and the woman is standing behind him. Both have their heads tilted back and mouths open, as if singing. The man has short dark hair, and the woman's hair is pulled back. They are wearing 19th-century attire. The room has basic furnishings, with a picture frame on the wall and curtain impressions visible. The floor has a wooden texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.9 x 25.3 cm (14 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.150.95

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 1710, 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: TOUT CE QU'ON VOUDRA 65.; across bottom: hD 1239 / Imp. Aubert & Cie. Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse / Inconventient d'avoir des domestiques qui ont servi chez M.r Duprez

Wikidata ID

Q74894129

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