Honoré Daumier, Maison Martinet, and others
The Salon on Opening Day
1856
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Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph with hand coloring, Sheet: 248 x 296 mm. (9 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
Image: 190 x 150 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 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
1996.48.3903
Published in the journal "Le Charivari" on June 22, 1857.
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
A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art
N.-A. Hazard and Loys Delteil, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre lithographié de Honoré Daumier (Orrouy, Oise: Chez N. A. Hazard, 1904), p. 534, #2517.
Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Chez l’auteur, 1925-1926), vol. 27, n. p., #2959.
The Daumier Register, http://www.daumier-register.org/, #2959.
Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Chez l’auteur, 1925-1926), vol. 27, n. p., #2959.
The Daumier Register, http://www.daumier-register.org/, #2959.
Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower left "h.D." Inscribed in stone: upper center "LE SALON DE 1857"; upper right "1"; lower left "maison Martinet, 172, r Rivoli et 44, r. Vivienne."; lower center "Aspect du salon le jour de l'ouverture, -rien que de vrais connaisseurs, total soixante mille personnes."; lower right, in image "61"; lower right ":oth. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre. Paris"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
