La Queue au Spectacle, 1840

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series Title

Émotions Parisiennes

Medium

lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 705, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1993.37.2

Artists / Makers

Honoré Daumier (artist) French, 1808 - 1879

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

McCarron, Paul

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.