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Prize Stallions

John Steuart Curry and Associated American Artists

Prize Stallions

1938

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Prize Stallions

John Steuart Curry and Associated American Artists

Prize Stallions

Prize Stallions

1938

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 409 x 299 mm. (16 1/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Blanche Adler
Object Number 1938.676
Purchased from Associated American Artists
BMA, "The Face of America: Modernist Art, 1910-1950," 9 October - 29 December 1996.

Easton, Academy of the Arts, "The Face of America: Modernist American Art 1910-1950," 12 September - 25 October 1997.
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THE PRIZE
John Dawson Watson and J D Wilson
The Prize
c. 1880s
THE MISSED LEAP
John Steuart Curry, George Charles Miller, and others
The Missed Leap
1934
THE PRIZE FOR WISDOM
Jean Bap. Ignace Zwinger and Godefroy Engelmann
The Prize for Wisdom
1826
Horse Group - Stallions
Arthur G. Murphy and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco
Horse Group - Stallions
1936
Stallions #2
Arthur G. Murphy and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco
Stallions #2
1937
THE ADOPTION. - WELL, REALLY! ROBERT, MY FRIEND, SO YOU ARE BECOMING A FAMILY MAN. YOU'RE CONSIDERING ADOPTION?... YOU WILL SOON CROWN THE MAIDENS AT THE VILLAGE FAIR... (ROBERT)- YES, I ADOPTED THIS CHILD. I WANT TO THRIVE IN THE JOYS OF FAMILY LIFE... (WORMSPIRE) - YOU WANT TO MARRY YOUR WARD... - YES, I WANT HER TO GET MARRIED. YES, GET HER MARRIED TO A RICH MAN, PREPARE FOR MY RETIREMENT. - PREPARE FOR YOUR RETIREMENT... GET ENOUGH MONEY
Honoré Daumier
The Adoption. - Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You're considering adoption?... You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair... (Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life... (Wormspire) - You want to marry your ward... - Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement. - Prepare for your retirement... get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize... I know, I know!
1841
THE PRIZE BULL. NOW LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN, THE PRIDE OF NORMANDY WHERE IT WAS BORN... SURELY ONCE HE ARRIVES IN POISSY, PEOPLE WILL SAY: NOW THAT'S A NICE HORNY BULL FROM CAEN.
Honoré Daumier and Aubert et Cie.
The Prize Bull. Now look at this beautiful specimen, the pride of Normandy where it was born... surely once he arrives in Poissy, people will say: now that's a nice horny bull from Caen.
1843
MR. JEAN-JOSEPH-CHABOULARD... FIRST PRIZE FOR GOOD HEALTH.
Honoré Daumier
Mr. Jean-Joseph-Chaboulard... first prize for good health.
1845
PLEASE NO EXAGGERATIONS IN THIS ARTICLE WHICH GOES TO ALL THE NEWSPAPERS. WRITE ONLY THAT OUR PUPIL GRELUCHOT HAS RECEIVED FOURTEEN PRIZES AND THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE INSTITUTE BILBOQUET IS THE FINEST IN ALL OF PARIS!
Honoré Daumier
Please no exaggerations in this article which goes to all the newspapers. Write only that our pupil Greluchot has received fourteen prizes and that there is no doubt that the Institute Bilboquet is the finest in all of Paris!
1846
THE FIRST PRIZE FOR MATHEMATICS GOES TO MONSIEUR ISIDOR CABUCHET, WHO HAS BEEN CITED NINE TIMES ALREADY. ( MR. CABUCHET SENIOR HARDLY SUCCEEDS IN HOLDING BACK THE TEARS OF SYMPATHY, WICH THREATEN TO INUNDATE HIS PATERNAL NOSE).
Honoré Daumier
The first prize for mathematics goes to Monsieur Isidor Cabuchet, who has been cited nine times already. ( Mr. Cabuchet Senior hardly succeeds in holding back the tears of sympathy, wich threaten to inundate his paternal nose).
1846
MONSIEUR ALFRED CABASSOL! YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE IN THE CLASS WHO SUCCEEDED TO GET THROUGH THE ENTIRE WEEK WITHOUT BLOWING YOUR NOSE INTO YOUR SLEEVE. PLEASE STAND TO RECEIVE THIS PRIZE OF HONOUR FOR CLEANLINESS.
Honoré Daumier
Monsieur Alfred Cabassol! You are the only one in the class who succeeded to get through the entire week without blowing your nose into your sleeve. Please stand to receive this prize of honour for cleanliness.
1846