Honoré Daumier

Despair of Calypso (Le Désespoir de Calypso)

Maker

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

Title

Despair of Calypso (Le Désespoir de Calypso)
from the series "Histoire Ancienne"

Year

1842

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

45.192.16

Type

Exhibition History

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference
Dec 15, 1965 – Jan 09, 1966

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Tombstone

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
Bauger, publisher
Despair of Calypso (Le Désespoir de Calypso); from the series "Histoire Ancienne", 1842
Lithograph on light weigth cream wove paper
Plate: 29.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/2 x 7 15/16 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 45.192.16

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