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Series Title: Pastorals

The hazards of shaking a plum tree too vigorously, when one too is mature.

1845

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 35.6 x 27.3 cm (14 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1011
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 1389 ; Hazard-Delteil 2217
State
I/II
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

This print (with title and captions added) was published in Le Charivari (May 29, 1845) as plate 2 from the series Pastorals.
A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink depicts a man with light-toned skin dangling from a splintered tree branch. He hangs with outstretched arms while his top hat falls away. Wearing a dark coat and striped trousers, he is suspended above a woman looking up from below. A gnarled tree trunk rises beside them against a distant horizon. Sketchy, frenzied lines and dark shading define the layered forms throughout the scene.

The hazards of shaking a plum tree too vigorously, when one too is mature.

1845

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
France, 19th century

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