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Honoré Daumier

Chinese Propriety (Décence Chinoise),

Maker

  • Aubert & Cie
  • Honoré Daumier

Title

Chinese Propriety (Décence Chinoise)

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Lithograph on light weight cream laid paper

Techniques

  • Lithograph on light weight cream laid paper

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 30 x 20.6 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Voyage en Chine. / 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: DÉCENCE CHINOISE. / On a dans ce pays pas une singulière idée de la décence!... la jeune fille la plus pudique, la femme la plus honnête ne rougissent pas d'appeler par une monstrueuse exagération de formes l'attention sur certain point auquel elles donnent l'apparence d'un véritable aérostat..... elles appellent cela une tournure.

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Elizabeth T. Casey

Object Number

1989.062.1

Chinese Propriety (Décence Chinoise)
from the series "Voyage en Chine"

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Voyage en Chine. / 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: DÉCENCE CHINOISE. / On a dans ce pays pas une singulière idée de la décence!... la jeune fille la plus pudique, la femme la plus honnête ne rougissent pas d'appeler par une monstrueuse exagération de formes l'attention sur certain point auquel elles donnent l'apparence d'un véritable aérostat..... elles appellent cela une tournure.

2nd of 2
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