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Series Title: The Exhibition of 1859

They refused this..., the ignoramuses!

1859

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
printer

Destouches

publisher

Mon. Martinet, r. Rivoli, et 41 r. Vivienne

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 27.5 x 35.9 cm (10 13/16 x 14 1/8 in.); Image: 22.1 x 27.2 cm (8 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1019
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 3135 ; Hazard-Delteil 1731
State
II/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (April 6, 1859) as plate 1 from the series The Exhibition of 1859.
A vertically oriented lithograph depicts a man with light skin tone standing centrally, facing us. Wearing a dark coat and wide-brimmed hat, he extends his left arm to hold a rectangular frame containing a painting of a lit candle and pipe. Sketchy, dark lines and high contrast define his wide stance and patterned trousers. To either side, men carrying canvases walk away into a blurred background.

They refused this..., the ignoramuses!

1859

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Mon. Martinet, r. Rivoli, et 41 r. Vivienne

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

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