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Series Title: The Best Days in Life

Mardi Gras

1844

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
printer and publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 31.3 x 23.2 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1966.401
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 1105 ; Hazard-Delteil 742
State
II/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (August 9, 1844) as plate 18 from the series The Best Days in Life.
A vertically oriented print depicts two men with light skin tones from the waist up against a background of dense diagonal lines. On our left, an older man with downcast eyes wears a wide-brimmed hat and dark vest. To our right, a man in a feathered cap and ruffled collar turns away, gesturing with spread fingers. Fine hatching creates shadows across their forms. A signature is inscribed at the bottom left.

Mardi Gras

1844

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

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

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