Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!...

1840

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image shows a man in a dynamic pose, with one leg raised and the other knee bent. He is interacting with an oversized framed artwork labeled "refusé." He has long dark hair, a hand on his forehead, and appears frustrated or exerted. He wears a loose shirt and dark trousers. Papers and debris are scattered on the floor, and there are various pieces of artwork in the background. The setting resembles an artist's studio or workshop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.2 x 25.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.37.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 719, State v/vi

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 left plate: h.D.; across top, printed: ÉMOTIONS PARISIENNES. / No. 35; across bottom, printed: Chez Bauger & Cie. R. du Croissant, 16. Chez Aubert gal Véro-Dodat. Imp d'Aubert & Cie. / Ingrate patrie, tu n'auras pas mon oeuvre!......; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: $600 / MS-93-20-RGE-GE; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: D. 719, V/VI $600-

Wikidata ID

Q75123067

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