Honoré Daumier, Pannier, and others
You see, my friend Durand….there are only two important components of happiness for a man…water and wine
1842
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- Artist: Honoré Daumier
- Publisher: Pannier
- Printer: Aubert & Cie.
You see, my friend Durand….there are only two important components of happiness for a man…water and wine
1842
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Image: 248 x 202 mm. (9 3/4 x 7 15/16 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
1996.48.3834
Published in the journal "Le Charivari" on June 2, 1843.
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
N.-A. Hazard and Loys Delteil, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre lithographié de Honoré Daumier (Orrouy, Oise: Chez N. A. Hazard, 1904), p. 232, #980.
Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Chez l’auteur, 1925-1926), vol. 22, #1034.
The Daumier Register, http://www.daumier-register.org/, #1034.
Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Chez l’auteur, 1925-1926), vol. 22, #1034.
The Daumier Register, http://www.daumier-register.org/, #1034.
Inscribed: Signed in stone: lower left "h.D." Inscribed in stone: upper center "LES CANOTIERS PARISIENS."; upper right "12."; lower left "Chez Pannier Edit. R. du Croissant, 16."; lower center "-Vois-tu, mon ami Durand...il n'y a que deux élemens qui soient ceux du bonheur pour l'homme...c'est l'eau / et le vin...mais ils ne doivent jamais être mélangés, sans ça le charme est détruit!... / -C'est vrai, Cabassol....buvons donc encore ce verre de vin en l'honneur de l'eau!....."; lower right "482", "Imp. d'Aubert & Cie."
Markings: None
