Image

Honoré Daumier

Despair of Calypso (Le Désespoir de Calypso), 1842

Description

Maker

Title

Despair of Calypso (Le Désespoir de Calypso)

Year

1842

Medium

Lithograph on light weigth cream wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 29.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/2 x 7 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LR: h.D.; Printed, on print, UC: Histoire Ancienne.; Printed, on print, UR: 40.; Printed, on print, LL: Chez Bauger R. du Croissant 16.; Printed, on print, LR: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.; Printed, on print, LC: LE DÉSESPOIR DE CALYPSO./ Dans le vain espoir d'oublier/ L'ingrat pour qui son cœur sanglote,/ Cette nymphe avait dans sa grotte/ Fait tendre un très joli papier./ (Fénélon. Variante du L. XI.); Written in graphite, on print, LL: 108; Written in graphite, on sheet, LL: D.964 III/ 1842/ 43.192.16; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LR: 20/ 8 1/4 x 10

Identification

State

3rd of 4

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

45.192.16

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Use

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