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Pourquoi diable papa Mars reste-t-il toujours au port d’arme?

Honoré Daumier, Arnaud de Vresse, Destouches

Pourquoi diable papa Mars reste-t-il toujours au port d’arme?

1867

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Honoré Daumier, Arnaud de Vresse, Destouches

Pourquoi diable papa Mars reste-t-il toujours au port d’arme?

1867

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Image: 251 x 207 mm. (9 7/8 x 8 1/8 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 1996.48.17339
Published in the journal "Le Charivari" on March 27, 1868.
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. 656, #3173.

Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Chez l’auteur, 1925-1926), vol. 28, n. p., #3630.

The Daumier Register, http://www.daumier-register.org/, #3630.

Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower left "h.D." Inscribed in stone: lower left "A. de Vresse, r. Rivoli, 55"; lower center "-Pourquoi diable papa Mars reste-t-il toujours au port d'arme?"; lower right, in image "14"; lower right "Lith. Destouches, r. Paradis Pre. 28"

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

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879
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Publisher

Arnaud de Vresse

French
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Printer

Destouches

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