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Honoré Daumier

Gentlemen, I Am Offering Your Paper... (Messieurs, Je Viens Offrir à Votre Journal...)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Gentlemen, I Am Offering Your Paper... (Messieurs, Je Viens Offrir à Votre Journal...)
from the series "Les Bas-Bleus"

Year

1844

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 28.3 x 19 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LR: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Les Bas-Bleus/ 6; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert, Pl de la Bourse, 29.; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp d'Aubert & Cie; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: Messieurs, je viens offrir à votre journal, un roman-feuilleton qui, je crois, lui conviendra parfaitement! ... il a pour titre Eloa, ou huit jours de bonheur intime..... la première partie formera dix ou douze volumes.... à la manière d'Eugène Sue!... - Pardon madame!... mais ceci me paraît effrayant! .... à ce compte-là vos huit jours dureront trois ans!; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LR: D.1226 III (Vol IV)/ 1844/ 45.091/ 200

Identification

State

3rd of 3

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

45.091

Type

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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
Gentlemen, I Am Offering Your Paper... (Messieurs, Je Viens Offrir à Votre Journal...); from the series "Les Bas-Bleus", 1844
Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper
Plate: 28.3 x 19 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 45.091

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