"La mère est dans le feu...," plate 7 from Les bas-bleus
Honoré Daumier, "La mère est dans le feu...," plate 7 from Les bas-bleus, 1844, lithograph on newsprint, Gift of Lucienne Bloch and Stephen Dimitroff, public domain, 84.31.11
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- Title
"La mère est dans le feu...," plate 7 from Les bas-bleus
- Related Titles
series (original language): Les Bas-Bleus
- Artist
- Date
1844
- Medium
lithograph on newsprint
- State
2nd state
- Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 1227
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 10 7/8 in x 7 9/16 in; sheet: 12 3/8 in x 9 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: La mére est dans le feu de la composition, l'enfant est dans l'eau de la baignoire!, printed, bottom margin, center Language: French
numbered: 691, graphite, bottom margin, right
inscription: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. [ie as superscript], printed, lower right Language: French
inscription: Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse, 29., printed, lower left Language: French
numbered: 566, printed, lower right, in stone
signature: h.D., printed, lower right, in stone
numbered: 1844, graphite, top right
title: LES BAS-BLEUS., printed, upper middle Language: French
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Gift of Lucienne Bloch and Stephen Dimitroff
- Accession Number
84.31.11
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
The name "Bluestockings" was applied mockingly to 18th century women who participated in literary circles and who were ridiculed for neglecting their households and families. The text to this print reads "La mère est dans le feu de la composition, l'enfant est dans l'eau de la baignoire!" (The mother is in the heat of composing, while the baby is in the water of the bathtub!).
- Exhibitions
2002 Setting the Scene: Interior Portland Art Museum
2004 Daumier to Lautrec: French Prints and Drawings Portland Art Museum