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Actually, it is quite a distinguished ball….

Honoré Daumier, Aubert, and others

Actually, it is quite a distinguished ball….

1832

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Actually, it is quite a distinguished ball….

1832

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 227 x 285 mm. (8 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.3844
Plate 135 from the series "Série Politique" published in the journal "Le Charivari" on November 14, 1833.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
N.-A. Hazard and Loys Delteil, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre lithographié de Honoré Daumier (Orrouy, Oise: Chez N. A. Hazard, 1904), p. 142, #570.

Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Chez l’auteur, 1925), vol. 20, n. p., #174.

The Daumier Register, http://www.daumier-register.org/, #174.

Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower left "Daumier" Inscribed in stone: lower left "chez Aubert, galerie véro dodat."; lower right "L. de Becquet, r. Furstemberg 6."

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)

Artist

Honoré Daumier

1807–1878

French, 1808-1879
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Publisher

Aubert

2000–2000

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Printer

Becquet

2000–2000

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