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Cham (Amédée de Noe) and Bertauts

Madame! Why are you sad?…

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Madame! Why are you sad?…

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Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 247 × 337 mm. (9 3/4 × 13 1/4 in.) Image: 192 × 264 mm. (7 9/16 × 10 3/8 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 1996.48.597
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

Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower left "Cham" Inscribed: upper right "15"; lower center "'Madame! Pourquoi vous désolez-vous? / 'Monsieur, j'ai marché sans le vouloir sur la dale de St. Rémacle. / 'Félicitez-vous, Madame, c'est contre la stérilité, vous allez avoir un enfant. / 'Ah mon Dieu! je suis une femme perdue! mon mari est mort depuis 3 ans!"; lower right "Imp. Bertauts r. Cadet, 11"

Markings: None

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Cham (Amédée de Noe)

French, 1819 - 1879

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Bertauts

operated c. 1830 - c. 1860

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BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
BY THE WAY, MAMA, WHY DO YOU NOT MARRY PAPA?
Charles Émile Jacque and Aubert & Cie.
By the way, mama, why do you not marry papa?
1843-1844
Le Quaker (No. 2 of "Moeurs Britanniques")
Cham (Amédée de Noe)
Le Quaker (No. 2 of "Moeurs Britanniques")
n.d.
HE WAS YOUR LOVER MADAME! (BRAVO! BRAVO!) AND I KILLED HIM! (BRAVO! BRAVO!)
Honoré Daumier, Maison Martinet, and others
He was your lover Madame! (bravo! bravo!) And I killed him! (bravo! bravo!)
1864
LE REVEIL DU PRINTEMPS DE 1861 (NO. 266 "ACTUALITÉS")
Cham (Amédée de Noe)
Le Reveil du Printemps de 1861 (No. 266 "Actualités")
n.d.
TO IMAGINE THAT NEXT YEAR I WILL BE EXHIBITED AND THAT EVERYBODY IN PARIS WILL SEE ME... ITS IS KIND OF FLATTERING, ISN'T IT DEAR? - I'M JUST UNHAPPY THAT YOU WON'T BE WEARING YOUR NECK-TIE... IT LOOKS A BIT SLOPPY... IF THERE IS STILL SOME TIME, WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE SCULPTOR TO ADD ON YOUR STAND-UP COLLAR.
Honoré Daumier
To imagine that next year I will be exhibited and that everybody in Paris will see me... its is kind of flattering, isn't it Dear? - I'm just unhappy that you won't be wearing your neck-tie... it looks a bit sloppy... if there is still some time, why don't you ask the sculptor to add on your stand-up collar.
1859
SOLDAT FRANCAIS FUMAN LE SCHIBOUQUE, NO. 11 OF "MOEURS ALGERIENNES"
Cham (Amédée de Noe)
Soldat Francais Fuman le Schibouque, No. 11 of "Moeurs Algeriennes"
n.d.
I HAVE ALREADY FORBIDDEN YOU TO CALL ME MASTER..... WHY DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS!.... YOU ANIMAL!
Honoré Daumier
I have already forbidden you to call me Master..... why don't you understand that all men are brothers!.... you animal!
1844
Baraguoin Britannique (No 11 "Moeurs Brittanniques")
Cham (Amédée de Noe)
Baraguoin Britannique (No 11 "Moeurs Brittanniques")
n.d.
TON, TON, TON, TON, TON, T..... - BE QUIET, MY WIFE HAS A HEADACHE!. - WHY DON'T YOU READ A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS WITH A SIMILAR ORCHESTRA! - STOP IT... MY LITTLE ONE GETS THE COLIC! - TON, TON, TON, TON, TAINE...
Honoré Daumier
Ton, ton, ton, ton, ton, t..... - Be quiet, my wife has a headache!. - Why don't you read a drama in five acts with a similar orchestra! - Stop it... my little one gets the colic! - Ton, ton, ton, ton, taine...
1841
Philanthropie Bien Entendue (No. 7 "Moeurs Britanniques")
Cham (Amédée de Noe)
Philanthropie Bien Entendue (No. 7 "Moeurs Britanniques")
n.d.
ADIEU! ADIEU! IN THE NAME OF GOD, ADIEU! ADIEU! - WOULD YOU STOP THIS! YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS. FOR THE LAST TWO HOURS YOU ARE SHOUTING ADIEU... WHY DON'T YOU FINALLY GO!
Honoré Daumier
Adieu! Adieu! In the name of God, Adieu! Adieu! - Would you stop this! You cannot be serious. For the last two hours you are shouting Adieu... why don't you finally go!
1841