Honoré Daumier

An Auction in a Middle Class House on the Champs-Elysées... (Une Vente Aux Encheres aux Champs Elysées...)

Maker

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

Title

An Auction in a Middle Class House on the Champs-Elysées... (Une Vente Aux Encheres aux Champs Elysées...)
from the series "Actualités"

Year

1851

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 24.1 x 27.3 cm (9 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UR: 80.; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert & Cie Pl de la Bourse 29 Paris; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp de MeVe Aubert 5 r de l'Abbaye a Paris; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: UNE VENTE AUX ENCHÈRES AUX CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES DANS UNE MAISON QUASI-BOURGEOISE OBLIGÉE DE FAIRE DES ÉCONOMIES PAR SUITE DE LA DURETÉ DES TEMPS.
- A trente francs le Chapeau!.... faites attention que le plumet seul a coûté plus de vingt-cinq louis!....; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LL: Actualites/ D.2086 II/ 1851

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

36.037

Type

Image use

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Tombstone

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Michel Aubert, printer
Aubert & Cie (French), publisher
An Auction in a Middle Class House on the Champs-Elysées... (Une Vente Aux Encheres aux Champs Elysées...); from the series "Actualités", 1851
Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper
Plate: 24.1 x 27.3 cm (9 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 36.037

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