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At the Opera Ball: Long live the smartly dressed crowd!

1868, printed 1920

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
engraver

Étienne

printer

François Louis Schmied

(Swiss, 1873–1941)
France, 19th century
wood engraving
Image: 16 x 22.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 32.5 x 47 cm (12 13/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Gift of Ralph King 1921.1501
Catalogue raisonné: Daumier Register 6030 ; Bouvy 951; Rümann 895; Fuchs 502
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1921
    Ralph King [1855-1926], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1921-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Borowitz, Helen O. “Painted Smiles: Sad Clowns in French Art and Literature.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 1 (January 1984): 23–35. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 27, fig. 4 www.jstor.org
  • Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).
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