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Honoré Daumier

Despair of Calypso (Le Désespoir de Calypso),

Maker

  • Aubert & Cie
  • Bauger
  • Honoré Daumier

Title

Despair of Calypso (Le Désespoir de Calypso)

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Lithograph on light weigth cream wove paper

Techniques

  • Lithograph on light weigth cream wove paper

Supports

  • Light weight cream wove paper

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

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

45.192.16

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

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

3rd of 4

Exhibition History

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Despair of Calypso (Le Désespoir de Calypso) with the accession number of 45.192.16. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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