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Honoré Daumier

Ah, My Dear Sir, Allow Me to Tell You... (Ah! Mon Cher Monsieur, Permettez de Vous Dire...)

Maker

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Destouches, printer
Maison Martinet, publisher

Title

Ah, My Dear Sir, Allow Me to Tell You... (Ah! Mon Cher Monsieur, Permettez de Vous Dire...)
from the series "Croquis Pris au Salon"

Year

1865

Medium

  • Lithograph on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Lithograph on paper

Materials

lithograph

Supports

  • Light weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier; Printed, on plate, LL: Mon Martinet, 172, r, Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne; Printed, on plate, LR: Lith Destouches, 28, r. Paradis pre; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: Ah! mon cher monsieur, permettez de vous dire que cette année vous avez exposé tout simplement un chef-d'œuvre!; Inscribed on sheet at LR

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.805

Type

  • Prints

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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Destouches, printer
Maison Martinet, publisher
Ah, My Dear Sir, Allow Me to Tell You... (Ah! Mon Cher Monsieur, Permettez de Vous Dire...); from the series "Croquis Pris au Salon", 1865
Lithograph on paper
Plate: 27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.805

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