La Queue au Spectacle

1840

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

Honoré Daumier

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.3 x 25.1 cm (13 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.37.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 705, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul McCarron, New York; purchased by NGA, 1993.

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

lower right plate: h.Daumier; across top, printed: ÉMOTIONS PARISIENNES. / 21.; across bottom, printed: Chez Bauger R. du Croissant, 16. LA QUEUE AU SPECTACLE Imp d'Aubert & Cie. / Et les sans coeur crient contre l'autorité qui les empéche de s'ecraser, et qui passe sa vie dans la neige et / dans la crotte, voilà pourtant le sort des gouvernements!...; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: $600 / MS-93-20-RGE-GE; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D. 705, II/II

Wikidata ID

Q75123064

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