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Honoré Daumier

There Is Nothing More Relaxing for the Working Class... (Le Spectacle Est Une Chose Bonne Pour le Peuple de Paris...),

Maker

  • Aubert & Cie
  • Honoré Daumier

Title

There Is Nothing More Relaxing for the Working Class... (Le Spectacle Est Une Chose Bonne Pour le Peuple de Paris...)

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper

Techniques

  • Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper

Supports

  • Light weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 27.9 x 21.3 cm (11 x 8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Printed, on plate, UC: Tout ce Qu'on Voudra./ No 33.; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert & Cie Pl de la Bourse 29; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp Aubert & Cie; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: "Le spectacle est une chose bonne pour le peuple de Paris, il vient s'y délasser le soir des fatigues de la journée." / (Tous les moralistes); Written, in graphite, on sheet, LL: D.1697 II/ 1849/ 44.689

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.689

There Is Nothing More Relaxing for the Working Class... (Le Spectacle Est Une Chose Bonne Pour le Peuple de Paris...)
from the series "Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra"

Printed, on plate, UC: Tout ce Qu'on Voudra./ No 33.; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert & Cie Pl de la Bourse 29; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp Aubert & Cie; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: "Le spectacle est une chose bonne pour le peuple de Paris, il vient s'y délasser le soir des fatigues de la journée." / (Tous les moralistes); Written, in graphite, on sheet, LL: D.1697 II/ 1849/ 44.689

2nd of 2
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