Devant le tableau de M. Gustave Moreau (In Front of the Painting by Mr. Gustave Moreau), plate 9 from Croquis pris à l’exposition par Daumier (Exhibition Sketches, by Daumier)
Honoré Daumier, Devant le tableau de M. Gustave Moreau (In Front of the Painting by Mr. Gustave Moreau), plate 9 from Croquis pris à l’exposition par Daumier (Exhibition Sketches, by Daumier), 1864, lithograph on newsprint, Gift of Lisa Andrus, public domain, 91.87.1
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- Title
Devant le tableau de M. Gustave Moreau (In Front of the Painting by Mr. Gustave Moreau), plate 9 from Croquis pris à l’exposition par Daumier (Exhibition Sketches, by Daumier)
- Related Titles
original language: Devant le Tableau de M. Gustave Moreau
series (original language): Croquis pris à l'exposition par Daumier
series (translated): Exhibition Sketches, by Daumier
translated: In Front of the Painting by Mr. Gustave Moreau
- Artist
- Date
1864
- Medium
lithograph on newsprint
- State
3rd state?
- Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 3290
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 9 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in; sheet: 11 7/16 in x 10 13/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
numbered: 3290 // [u-shaped mark], graphite [in another hand], bottom margin, left
title; inscription: DEVANT LE TABLEAU DE M. Gustave MOREAU // _Un chat décolleté avec une tête de femme, ça s'appelle donc un Sphinx ! // _Certainement. / .en grec., printed, bottom margin, center Language: French
inscription: Lith Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre [re as superscript], printed, lower right Language: French
inscription: Mon [on as superscript] Marinet, 172. r. Rivoli et 41.r, Vivienne, printed, lower left Language: French
signature; numbered: h.D // 47., printed, lower right, in stone
numbered: 9., printed, top right
title: CROQUIS PIS A L'EXPOSITION par DAUMIER, printed, top middle Language: French
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Gift of Lisa Andrus
- Accession Number
91.87.1
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
In Front of a Painting by Mr. Gustave Moreau !T!—A cat with cleavage and the head of a woman. Is that what you !T!call a Sphinx? !T!—Certainly…in Greek. !T!Published June 3, 1864, in Le Charivari
- Exhibitions
2004 Daumier to Lautrec: French Prints and Drawings Portland Art Museum
2013 In the Studio: Reflections on Artistic Life Portland Art Museum
