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Honoré Daumier

Building Castles in the Air. (Un Château En Espagne)

Description

Maker

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert &amp

Title

Building Castles in the Air. (Un Château En Espagne)
from the series "Les Bons Bourgeois"

Year

1847

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 29.5 x 21.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LR: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Les Bons Bourgeois./ no 36; Printed, on plate, LL: Imp d'Aubert & Cie; Printed, on plate, LR: Chez Aubert & Cie Pl de la Bourse; Printed, on plate, LC: Un Chateau en Espagne.; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LR: D.1512 II (Vol. v)/ 1847/ 45.097

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

45.097

Type

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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
Building Castles in the Air. (Un Château En Espagne); from the series "Les Bons Bourgeois", 1847
Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper
Plate: 29.5 x 21.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 45.097

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