Honoré Daumier
The Bathers
c. 1865-1868
Physical Qualities
Black conté crayon, watercolor, and pen and black ink and wash over graphite on paper, Sheet: 208 × 184 mm. (8 3/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, the Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.18683
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
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Collection," 1911, p. 33, no. 148.
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, "Daumier 1808-1879," 1937, no. 31.
BMA, "French Drawings," May 1934.
BMA, "From Ingres to Gauguin," November - December 1951, p. 27, no. 69.
Tate Gallery, London, "Daumier: Paintings and Drawings," 1961, p. 47, no. 103.
The Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, London, "Daumier," June 15 - July 31, 1961.
BMA, "The George A. Lucas Collection," 12 October - 21 November 1965, p. 66, no. 327.
BMA, "Prints and Drawings from The Baltimore Museum of Art," loan exhibition circulated to Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, 2 November - 2 December 1973; Honolulu Academy of Arts, 17 January - 17 February 1974; Ackland Art Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 2 -21 April 1974.
Jan Rie Kist, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879," 25 September - 25 November 1979, p. 41, no. 25.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Honoré Daumier Centenary," Sept. 23 - Dec. 2, 1979.
BMA, "Daumier and the Art of Caricature," 7 November 1989 - 14 January 1990.
Henri Loyrette and Michael Pantazzi, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, "Honoré Daumier," 3 June - 6 September 1999, p. 466, no. 308, ill. p. 466; circulated to Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 5 October 1999 - 3 January 2000; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 19 February - 14 May 2000.
Sona Johnston, BMA (Jacobs Gallery 3), "Honoré Daumier and the Art of Caricature," 19 November 2003 - 21 March 2004.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, "The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas," organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005 (only, not in cat).
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," 1 October 2006 - 31 December 2006.
Royal Academy of the Arts, London, "Honoré Daumier: The Heroism of Modern Life," October 22, 2013 - January 26, 2014.
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, "Daumier 1808-1879," 1937, no. 31.
BMA, "French Drawings," May 1934.
BMA, "From Ingres to Gauguin," November - December 1951, p. 27, no. 69.
Tate Gallery, London, "Daumier: Paintings and Drawings," 1961, p. 47, no. 103.
The Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, London, "Daumier," June 15 - July 31, 1961.
BMA, "The George A. Lucas Collection," 12 October - 21 November 1965, p. 66, no. 327.
BMA, "Prints and Drawings from The Baltimore Museum of Art," loan exhibition circulated to Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, 2 November - 2 December 1973; Honolulu Academy of Arts, 17 January - 17 February 1974; Ackland Art Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 2 -21 April 1974.
Jan Rie Kist, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879," 25 September - 25 November 1979, p. 41, no. 25.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Honoré Daumier Centenary," Sept. 23 - Dec. 2, 1979.
BMA, "Daumier and the Art of Caricature," 7 November 1989 - 14 January 1990.
Henri Loyrette and Michael Pantazzi, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, "Honoré Daumier," 3 June - 6 September 1999, p. 466, no. 308, ill. p. 466; circulated to Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 5 October 1999 - 3 January 2000; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 19 February - 14 May 2000.
Sona Johnston, BMA (Jacobs Gallery 3), "Honoré Daumier and the Art of Caricature," 19 November 2003 - 21 March 2004.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, "The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas," organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005 (only, not in cat).
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," 1 October 2006 - 31 December 2006.
Royal Academy of the Arts, London, "Honoré Daumier: The Heroism of Modern Life," October 22, 2013 - January 26, 2014.
K. E. Maison, Drawings, London: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd., 1960, p. 20, no. 41.
Clisby, Roger D. 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings from the Baltimore Museum of Art: Catalogue [of an exhibition held at the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, November 3 - December 2, 1973, Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 18 - February 17, 1974, and William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, April 2 - April 21, 1974]. [Sacramento, CA]: E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, 1973, cat. no. 10, unpaged.
Bruce Laughton, Honoré Daumier, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 124, fig. no. 156, ill. p. 125.
"Pour rire! Daumier, Gavarni, Rops : L'invention de la silhouette," 2010. Paris: Somogy, 2010, ill. p. 225 (loan to this exhibition cancelled).
Daumier, Honore´, Beatrice Gullström, and Catherine Lampert. Daumier: Visions of Paris. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2013. Print. p. 113, no.58
Inscribed: lower right in black ink: "h D"
Markings: WM: HUDELI (HUDELIST?)
