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Series Title: News of the Day

Statues of the future

1868

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
printer

Destouches

publisher

Arnaud de Vresse

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Newsprint
Measurements
Sheet: 28.5 x 25 cm (11 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.); Image: 24.4 x 21 cm (9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector 1947.326
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 3637; Hazard-Delteil 3204
State
II/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (April 29, 1868) as plate 98 from the series News of the Day.
A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink depicts three caricatured statues on pedestals. On our left, a small, frowning man clutches round bombs. Centrally, a man wearing a rounded hat leans on a long rifle. To our right, a large-headed man with wild hair carries scrolls and leans against a cannon. Shaded with detailed hatching, the pedestals feature inscriptions naming the men as inventors of various weapons of war.

Statues of the future

1868

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

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

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