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Honoré Daumier

The Fish Pulls the Line (Le Barbillon Entraîne la Ligne)

Description

Maker

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

Title

The Fish Pulls the Line (Le Barbillon Entraîne la Ligne)
from the series "La Pêche"

Year

1840

Medium

  • Lithograph on medium weight cream wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Lithograph on medium weight cream wove paper

Materials

lithograph

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 27.3 x 18.4 cm (10 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on print, UC: La Peche.; Printed, on print, LL: Chez Bauger Rue du Croissant 16.; Printed, on print, LR: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.; Printed, on print, LL to LR: Le Barbillon entraîne la ligne, notre homme se penche, le pied lui glisse, et voilà le pêcheur qu'on repêche.; Inscriptions on sheet in grapite, LC and LR

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Collectors' Acquisition Fund

Object Number

68.158

Type

  • Prints

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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
Bauger, publisher
The Fish Pulls the Line (Le Barbillon Entraîne la Ligne); from the series "La Pêche", 1840
Lithograph on medium weight cream wove paper
Plate: 27.3 x 18.4 cm (10 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches)
Collectors' Acquisition Fund 68.158

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