Dire que je vais être... exposé..., 1859

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series Title

L'Exposition de 1859

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 21 x 24 cm (8 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

sheet: 26.9 x 32.6 cm (10 9/16 x 12 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 3136, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1994.60.12

Artists / Makers

Honoré Daumier (artist) French, 1808 - 1879

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in stone: h.D; lower right in stone: 26; upper center in plate: L'EXPOSITION DE 1859; upper right in plate: 2; lower left in plate: Maison Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne; lower right in plate: Lith. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre. Paris.; across bottom in plate: _Dire que je vais être prochainement exposé et que tout Paris va me voir ..._; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 3136 ii/ii; by later hand. lower right in graphite: R[?]

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

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.