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Building castles in the air.

Honoré Daumier, Edouard Bouvenne, and others

Building castles in the air.

1846

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Building castles in the air.

1846

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping and hand coloring, Sheet: 355 × 272 mm. (14 × 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number 2001.338
Published in Le Charivari, March 9, 1847. Original color model prepared for Daumier and Chez Aubert by Edouard Bouvenne.
Frederick Mulder, London; William Ivins, New York.
Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906-1926): vol. XX-XXIX. Champfleury [Jules Fleury]. Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographié et gravé de H. Daumier (Paris: Librairie Parisienne, 1878).

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: UC: 'Les BONS BOURGEOIS.'; URC: 'No. 36.'; LWRC: 'Un chateau en Espagne.' LRQ: 'H.D.955'; 'Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse.'; painted in brown around the margins: 'E Bouvenne /modele/ 16 mars/ 1847'; VERSO: graphite: BLC: 'F#4784'; BC: 'Delteil 1512 ii/II'

Artist

Honoré Daumier

1807–1878

French, 1808-1879
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Artist

Edouard Bouvenne

2000–2000

French
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Publisher

Aubert & Cie.

2000–2000

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