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Honoré Daumier

Disadvantages of Dreaming Aloud (Inconvenient de Rêver tout Haut)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Disadvantages of Dreaming Aloud (Inconvenient de Rêver tout Haut)
from the series "Moeurs Conjugales"

Year

1842

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 28.9 x 22.7 cm (11 3/8 x 8 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: H.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Moeurs Conjugales; Printed, on plate, UR: 44; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Bauger & Cie. Edrs.R. du Croissant 16; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.; Printed, on plate, LC: INCONVENIENT DE REVER TOUT HAUT./ - I dreamed.... I, calling you Victor? You are lying, you old fool! Impossible that I called you Victor... since your name is Boniface!; Written in graphite, on sheet, LR: D.667III (Vol. III) 45.111/ 1842 D.667 10-

Identification

State

3rd of 3

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

45.111

Type

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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
Bauger & Cie, publisher
Disadvantages of Dreaming Aloud (Inconvenient de Rêver tout Haut); from the series "Moeurs Conjugales", 1842
Lithograph on medium weight cream wove paper
Plate: 28.9 x 22.7 cm (11 3/8 x 8 15/16 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 45.111

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