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Honoré Daumier

The cotton falls, the man remains, and the calf muscles disappear

1839

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The cotton falls, the man remains, and the calf muscles disappear

Honoré Daumier

The cotton falls, the man remains, and the calf muscles disappear

Honoré Daumier

The cotton falls, the man remains, and the calf muscles disappear

1839

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 320 x 230 mm. (12 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Ann Hoff, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Memory of William L. Hoff
Object Number 1989.693
Published in Le Charivari, November 15, 1840.

Inscribed: FACE: (in image), 'Le coton tombe, l'homme reste, et le mollet s'evanonit./ (J.B. Rousseau.); (in graphite) along bottom, C to R, '113-209-33C' $5. - D744' VERSO: Clean of inscriptions

Artist

Honoré Daumier

1807–1878

French, 1808-1879
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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1861
THE HEIR APPARENT. FIRST PHILOSOPHY LESSON GIVEN BY THE NURSE JABUTOT TO HER STUDENT; WHILE SHE DEVOTES HERSELF TO DANCING, SHE GIVES HIM A GLIMPSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF A SOCIAL POSITION, AND TEACHES HIM THAT DURING THE COURSE OF LIFE, MAN REMAINS OCCASIONALLY IN SUSPENSE!
Honoré Daumier
The Heir Apparent. First philosophy lesson given by the nurse Jabutot to her student; while she devotes herself to dancing, she gives him a glimpse of the difficulties of a social position, and teaches him that during the course of life, man remains occasionally in suspense!
1842
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1861
The Old Woman Letting the Room to the Student
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard
The Old Woman Letting the Room to the Student
19th century
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1839
THE PRIEST REPRIMANDING THE HUNCHBACK
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard and Luc Olivier Merson
The Priest Reprimanding the Hunchback
19th century
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1897–1907
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ancourt & Cie, and others
The Englishman at the Moulin Rouge
1891
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1897–1907
Vessel with Human Figure
Voania from Muba
Vessel with Human Figure
1887–1927
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1886–1899
Swahili and Unidentified
Embroidered Mantle
1799–1917